Divrei Torah by Women in the Synagogue

Thanks to former :( blogger Out of Step Jew for bringing this fascinating link to my attention. There was a dicussion thread on a Charedi internet forum called Bechadrei Chadarim about whether or not it is permissable for a woman to deliver a dvar Torah in shul.

There are actually a range of interesting responses, and if you are interested go and have a look. The one which I found most interesting brought the following responsa of the Satmar Rav who said it is totally forbidden for a woman to speak in a shul (see image below). However....

This commenter also wrote the following:

דברי האדמו"ר מסטמר נראה שזה איסור חמור

הפלא הוא כשנפטר האדמו"ר מסטמר אשתו הרבנית הספידה אותו לפני מטתו כחמש דקות בבכיות על רם-קול בהיכל הבית הכנסת הגדול במונראו קרית יואל לפני אלפי חסידים ומאות רבנים. [הייתי שמה ושמעתי אותה]

ויש טייפים מהספידה.

In short: Even though the Satmar Rav said it was strictly forbidden, his wife, the rebbetzin eulogized him at his funeral through a microphone in the heichal of the synagogue (in Monroe, Kiryat Yoel) in front of thousands of chassidim and hundreds of rabbis (the commenter says "I was there and heard her.") And there are copies of her eulogy.

Comments

[Safranit]

I wonder how common it is that Rabbis would make a psak and the wife (or daughter) did diametrically opposite of what the psak said..

[Yohcee]

wow

This is amazing to see my comment in עצכ"ח
get this attention. The story is true.

I would just give a slight correction of your transilation. There is a recording of her eulegy no copies as far as I know of.

[Karen]

Yohcee, thank you for your helpful comment. I just assumed טייפים was typed copies.

I thought the whole discussion was very interesting. By the way, what is עצכ"ח?

[Soferet]

BS"D
I'm interested in knowing whether the Satmar Rav, z"l, was paskining just for his Chasidim or whether he was making what he considered an empirical ruling which applies to all Jews. Any idea?

[Yohcee]

Soferet

No the Satmar Rav writes a long Tshuva with extensive sources where he clearly forbids a woman giving a speech for men.

[isi]

i think that saying that the rebbitzen did different than the psak of her husbend is taking things out of proportion as it looks like the rebbitzen started crying and got emotion thats not considered divrei torah and besides speaking so on such a great tzadik is a shame for a jewish daghter