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# There is a Biblical principle that a single adult Jew is trust about the permitted | # There is a Biblical principle that a single adult Jew is trust about the permitted status of an object or food. He is not trusted to say something is forbidden.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 129:3</ref> | ||
# This principle applies equally to men and women.<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 4b s.v. heymnuhu, Rashba (Likutim Pesachim 4b s.v. hakol), Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 4b s.v. kiyvan, Ritva Pesachim 4b s.v. hiymninhu</ref> | # This principle applies equally to men and women.<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 4b s.v. heymnuhu, Rashba (Likutim Pesachim 4b s.v. hakol), Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 4b s.v. kiyvan, Ritva Pesachim 4b s.v. hiymninhu. The Meiri Pesachim 4b summarizes 6 approaches in the rishonim: | ||
*One opinion holds that women are not trusted for anything which has a forbidden status which would need to be changed. Therefore, one couldn't trust a woman about removing trumot, maaser, doing nikkur on the gid or chelev. However, one could trust them about checking vegetables for bugs since there is no forbidden status on the vegetables. | |||
*One opinion holds that women are always trusted even if it is a difficult or arduous task. This is the opinion of the Ritva and conclusion of the Meiri. | |||
*One opinion holds that women are trusted unless it is a matter of a Biblical prohibition and it is an arduous and difficult task. If it was an issue with only a rabbinic consequence they would be trusted even with a difficult task. This is the opinion of the Tosfot and Rashba. The Shach 127:30 codifies this opinion as the halacha. | |||
*One opinion holds that women are trusted only if it is possible that they could be found out if they were lying. For example, if they said that they remove the gid or chelev they are trusted since it is possible to confirm this later. | |||
*One opinion holds that women are trusted only on matters that they usually do. See Tosfot Rid. | |||
*One opinion holds that women are trusted only about what men did and not about what they did themselves. This is the opinion of the Raavad Ketubot 72a in Katuv Sham.</ref> However, something which isn't clearly forbidden and is only forbidden because of an uncertainty such as checking for non-kosher fish among kosher ones, or something which could be rationalized to be permitted, or it is very difficult and tedious process such as removing the gid and chelev of the hide quarters of an animal a woman is not trusted.<ref>Hagahot Ashri Pesachim 1:3, Shach 127:30, Chachmat Adam 72:14</ref> | |||
==Non-Religious== | ==Non-Religious== | ||
