@MonicaCellio It was for you. I didn't ping in case you were asleep. (Sorry if this message reaches you after you've gone to bed.) Was talking about this.
@Pops oh! I never saw that on the main page -- I guess because of the merge? The images linked in the second comment are typical. The branches can be smooth; they don't need to be ornamental like in one of them, and at what I suspect is the resolution you'll be working with, you probably want simpler anyway. But that style of concentric half-circles plus a raised one in the middle for a total of nine candles will be recognized pretty universally.
I do have to head off to bed now -- was just about to leave the room when you popped in. I hope we were able to help!
@Aaron I've never heard anyone say a woman can't be a prophet. If you want to claim that be sure to support your claim.
I've also never heard anyone claim a woman may be a queen. If you want to claim that they at some point were allowed to (by Judaism, not by Romans or Ottomans), be sure to support your claim with evidence of halachic authorities approving of a woman's being queen (not just approving of positive actions she took; everyone agrees that somebody (of any gender) in a position they should not have taken (for whatever reason) can still make positive decisions).
(making sure you support all your various claims well, especially bc there are so many of them, will certainly help your question)
@Aaron In your edits, you clearly tried to follow @msh210's advice, but you skipped on providing evidence for: where we talk about women being unable to issue psak, where we talk about women being unable to attain kingship, where any rabbis approved of Salome's coronation (I mean approve lechatchila not accept it as better than a raving murdering madman). If you could further support that Semikha was a necessary prereq to prophecy, that would greatly improve your dubious read of Avot 1:1.
(You also forgot to source your quote of R H Schachter. Your discussion of the modern/ancient Semikha issue is befuddling as RHS already noted that issue in the quote...)
@TheOne Depends. Will she consider it appropriate or inappropriate? If she's a Sefardit, consider sending "good shabbat" instead, for instance. I don't see how anyone could give you a definitive response without knowing the details of the relationship frankly. Why are you asking a bunch of strangers who don't know you for advice about this? How could we possibly give you relevant advice?
@TheOne Depends. Will she consider it appropriate or inappropriate? If she's a Sefardit, consider sending "good shabbat" instead, for instance. I don't see how anyone could give you a definitive response without knowing the details of the relationship frankly. Why are you asking a bunch of strangers who don't know you for advice about this? How could we possibly give you relevant advice?
That's basically the same response Isaac gave you when you asked a question like this before:
@TheOne I guess it depends entirely on local communal standards, the man's personality, the woman's personality, the state of their relationship, and other particulars.
@TheOne I guess it depends entirely on local communal standards, the man's personality, the woman's personality, the state of their relationship, and other particulars.
There's no "general". Some do and some don't, in all likelihood. We can't tell you what's appropriate for you.
@TheOne There's lots of kinds of "Orthodox," and lots of kinds of people within each.
That's real reality, not political correctness. If you want to know what's normal in your community, ask around in your community. Same for your would-be text-ee's community. If you want to know what he/she'd be comfortable with, ask him/her during your next date.
