{"id":5240,"date":"2010-02-14T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T07:23:40","slug":"05-14-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-14-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07. Are Women Obligated to Hear Parashat Zakhor<\/em>?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to most poskim<\/em>, women are not obligated in the mitzva of remembering Amalek, because this mitzva is connected to the mitzva of annihilating Amalek. Since women are not commanded to wage war, they do not need to remember what Amalek did to us (Sefer Ha-\u0125inukh<\/em> \u00a7603). Others claim that the mitzva to wage war applies to women as well, as they must assist the soldiers. Therefore, they too are obligated to remember Amalek. And even though the Sages established a fixed time for reading Parashat Zakhor<\/em> \u2013 the Shabbat before Purim \u2013 it has no set time according to Torah law. In light of this, it is a mitzva that is independent of time, and thus women are obligated to perform it (Min\u0125at \u0124inukh<\/em> ad loc<\/em>.).<\/p>\n

In practice, women are exempt from hearing Parashat Zakhor<\/em>. Le-khat\u0125ila<\/em>, however, it is best for women to hear Parashat Zakhor<\/em>, and many women do so in practice. A woman who finds it difficult to attend the services, but nevertheless wants to fulfill the mitzva, should read the passage herself from a \u0125umash<\/em>. After all, many authorities maintain that this fulfills the Torah commandment to remember Amalek. If there is a Torah lecture for women in the synagogue, it is permissible to take out a Torah scroll and read Parashat Zakhor<\/em> for them. Even though no minyan<\/em> is present, hearing Parashat Zakhor<\/em> from a valid Torah scroll enhances the mitzva.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[9]<\/a>. Reading Parashat Zakhor<\/em> is not considered a time-bound mitzva because one can fulfill it by remembering Amalek once, and according to the Torah there is no set time for its performance. However, many poskim<\/em> maintain that women are exempt because they do not go to war (Sefer Ha-\u0125inukh<\/em> \u00a7603). Torat \u0124esed<\/em> \u00a737 states that according to the view that the Torah does not require a yearly reading of Parashat Zakhor<\/em> and that one can discharge his obligation through any form of remembrance, even once every few years, Parashat Zakhor<\/em> is only a rabbinic mitzva, and consequently incumbent on men alone. Avnei Nezer<\/em>, o\u0125 509 and Mar\u0125eshet<\/em> 1:22 also maintain that women are exempt. Some authorities maintain that women are obligated in this mitzva, because even women must take part in a mil\u0125emet mitzva<\/em> \u2013 a mandatory war (Min\u0125at \u0124inukh<\/em>). Radbaz (on mt, Laws of Kings 7:4) explains that women must supply the soldiers with food and water. Responsa Binyan Tziyon<\/em> 2:8 adds that something positive will surely result from women remembering Amalek, just as when Yael killed Sisera, Esther put Haman to death, and Yehudit killed the Greek general.<\/p>\n

Therefore, le-khat\u0125ila<\/em>, women should hear Parashat Zakhor<\/em> with a minyan<\/em>. If that is impossible, someone should read it for them from a Torah scroll, without a minyan<\/em>. If that, too, is unfeasible, they should read it to themselves from a \u0125umash<\/em>. While some A\u0125aronim write that we do not take out a Torah scroll for the sake of women (Responsa Kinyan Torah<\/em> 7:53; Halikhot Beitah<\/em> 9:8), it is unclear what the problem is with this, since technically one may take out a Torah scroll in order to study from it. Some communities, therefore, have a custom to take out a Torah scroll and read Parashat Zakhor<\/em> just for women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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