Very interesting shmuz on the inyan of why a women is not only allowed, but is obligated, to drink arba kosos for the sedorim when otherwise, she is limited to 2 cups per night and even then, only when her husband is in town. The Rav chooses to ignore the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of frum women who don’t have a husband and who are heads of households and in many cases are the ones who are the sole earners in the family. A frum woman doesn’t need her husband’s “permission” to have a glass of cabernet with her chulent nor in most cases, is the husband paying for the wine.The Rav seems to be aware that this is another one of those cases where the points he brings down from chazal have limited relevance to modern times and to his credit he attempts to insert some gender neutrality into his shmuz regarding the need for BOTH men and women to drink with moderation and spread out the time between refills.
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Very interesting shmuz on the inyan of why a women is not only allowed, but is obligated, to drink arba kosos for the sedorim when otherwise, she is limited to 2 cups per night and even then, only when her husband is in town. The Rav chooses to ignore the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of frum women who don’t have a husband and who are heads of households and in many cases are the ones who are the sole earners in the family. A frum woman doesn’t need her husband’s “permission” to have a glass of cabernet with her chulent nor in most cases, is the husband paying for the wine.The Rav seems to be aware that this is another one of those cases where the points he brings down from chazal have limited relevance to modern times and to his credit he attempts to insert some gender neutrality into his shmuz regarding the need for BOTH men and women to drink with moderation and spread out the time between refills.