Halakhah for Bekhorot 45:19
אתון בדרב חסדא מתניתו לה אנן בדר' חייא מתנינן לה
granted that it does not make unclean by contact, still let it make the carrier unclean? - He [R'Dimi] replied to him: You report this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling of R. Jose. [The meaning is not clear, nor is the text certain. The passage may also be explained: 'You report this ruling in the name of R. Hisda and as such it could not have been commented on by R. Jose; we report it as a Baraitha taught by R. Hiyya, and in connection with which R. Jose's statement was made'; cf. text in R. Gershom.]');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer
Women, who do not pray in the synagogue, do not hear the ḥazan, and therefore must practice one would when praying individually. That is, according to Ashkenazic custom, before beginning Shema she says, “Kel Melekh ne’eman” (“God, faithful King”). Even though women have 252 limbs, as the womb has two doors and two hinges (Bekhorot 45a), since all people have 248 limbs, perhaps it is most important to direct the blessings toward them, and the blessing will then continue to the limbs unique to women (Minḥat Elazar 2:28; Ha-elef Lekha Shlomo OḤ 120).
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