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Din & Daf: Performing Mitzvot of One’s Own Volition - סמיכה בקרבנות as test case
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
In this week’s daf (Menachot 93a-b), the mishnah declares that women do not lay their hands (semicha) on their korbanot. This seems to be the position within mishnah, as corroborated in Kiddushin (36a, Mishnah 1:8). However, in another tannaitic source - the Sifra (Midrash Halakha on Vayikra) - R. Yose and R. Shimon are cited as saying that women may choose to lay their hands (semicha) on their korbanotץ Their approach introduces an important rabbinic concept - רשות - volitional acts. It also serves as…
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