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== Rambam == | == Rambam == | ||
"We may not appoint a woman as king. When describing the monarchy, the Torah employs the male form of the word king and not the female. This principle also applies to all other positions of authority within Israel. Only men should be appointed to fill them." | "We may not appoint a woman as king. When describing the monarchy, the Torah employs the male form of the word king and not the female. This principle also applies to all other positions of authority within Israel. Only men should be appointed to fill them."<ref>Yad Hachazakah, Hilchos Melachim 1:5.</ref> | ||
Hilchos Melachim 1:5 | |||
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