COLlive.com presents Shabbos Night Live, a weekly web class with Torah thought, chassidic stories and timely inspiration.
Presented by Rabbi Shmuel Butman, Executive Director of the Central Lubavitch Youth Organization (Tzach Hamerkazis) and a long-time columnist and radio broadcaster.
As a woman, it has never bothered me on the level of pshat that every time the Jews are counted it is only the men who are counted, because who is counted are the men of military age — it’s logical to count how many potential warriors are available. But if the explanation is that the Jews are counted to show how much the Oibershter loves each one, then I have a problem with only counting the men, are you saying the Oibershter doesn’t also love the women?