(c) Apr 18 2001 RashiYomi Inc. MY COLLECTED & INDEXED MAIL JEWISH POSTINGS-Ver #1
Individual Postings 1st appeared(& were copied in html form) on the Email List Mail JewishFrom: Russell Hendel <rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:02:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: saying ZTL For Women A quick response to Jerome Parness who suggests (v29n47) >Using such logic, I would presume that one should use the term Z"L, even >Z"TZL, for Nechama Leibowitz, and Shlita for R. Chana Henkin. I hope >you all do... Although I do not have a direct source to support him and although there may be some grammatical technicalities to overcome nevertheless I bring the following law in the Shulchan Aruch Just as we bring the coffin of a great scholar into a shule for a a eulogy so too we bring the coffin of a great woman into a shule for a eulogy. We could infer/generalize from this that men and women should be treated equally when it comes to honoring the dead (The above law was cited at the funeral of My Maternal Grandmother may she rest in peace whose works of charity helped found the Yeshiva where she was eulogized--close to 1000 people came to the Eulogy). Russell Hendel;RJHendel@Juno.Com; Phd ASA ModeratoR Rashi Is Simple http://www.shamash.org/rashi/