Thousands of Orthodox Women to Mix with WOW at the Kotel

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The Gemara and the Shulchan Aruch state that women are allowed to have an aliyah, which in earlier times meant that they would be reading alloud from the text – but we don’t keep this halacha in a congregation with both men and women for a variety of technical reasons. But in a women-only congregation there shouldn’t be a problem with women’s “laining,” as is the case in many modern Orthodox shuls in America and in Israel. And women’s Megillah reading has become a tradition in many congregations as well.

Still, I blessed Shira Pruce that tomorrow would, indeed, be a day of inspiration and love of God. Perhaps these thousands of women will teach the rest of us a lesson in getting along.

“Nichyeh v’nir’eh,” Pruce said – We’ll live and see.