A choice for Practicality

[debka_notion]

Am skipping the Orthodox minyan's dawn minyan tomorrow (well, Tuesday morning) because it's too much bother to daven, then come back and repeat shema with tallit and tfillin. If I could find an isolated spot, I'd be tempted to just go with egal ritualgear and all, but that would Not be nice. And I need the sleep. But I did go to mincha-maariv today: and was not the only woman who stayed for maariv- there was one other. But I couldn't hear any of the other women respond to anything. ANyone know if there's a reason why they don't respond audibly to say, kaddish? Or Amen to anything? As it is, it feels like this weird cultural silencing, and it weirds me out.

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[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

So by that gemara, all orthodox women are false witnesses? Except that they can't be witnesses anyways... Or does it specifically refer to men?

What if one had the intention to put them on later? Like lighting Shabbat candles wit hteh intention to take Shabbat on oneself only after one has davened mincha with the community?

Sorry- just had to be stupidly provocative. Don't actually mean it that way. But I'm not sure how else to understand the extension of that.

[nuqotw.livejournal.com]

The gemara refers to men. (I think that's clear.) But if you accept the obligation of t'fillin, you have to accept all of it. The halakhot in this matter are complex, and I'm not terribly familiar with them.