Shavuot is coming, and i would like to know if also children and women have to come to the synagogue to hear the ASERET HA DIBROT, or is it only for men?
category: Holidays
Shavuot is coming, and i would like to know if also children and women have to come to the synagogue to hear the ASERET HA DIBROT, or is it only for men?
Children and women are not obligated by the letter of the law to attend the Torah reading of the Ten Commandments on the festival of Shavuot, however the Lubavitcher Rebbe strongly recommends that they do. The reasons include the fact that when we go to hear the Torah reading of the Ten Commandments on Shavuot, we are spiritually reliving the experience of receiving the Torah, and this gives us spiritual strength for the coming year.
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