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Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So he's not allowed to go, he's not there to oversee and make sure things are being done right by those who employ him.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So according to that, Moshe writes, Someone who just inspects to make sure that they supervise the kashrus.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So what happens when I'm supervising kashrus?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Someone pays me money to make sure that they're doing their job properly.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

and that they're not stepping out of line, right?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

That's what happens.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

The company pays the mashkiach to give them a hashkacha, but then the mashkiach is overseeing, oh, wait, what's that?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

What's the label on that package?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

And he's stopping them, and he's able to control what they're doing, and he has a position of authority over them.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So Ramosha Hall is being a mashkiach, even though sometimes it's a thankless job, and it's a job that people don't feel like is a very prestigious and cushy job, but it's srara, according to Ramosha's definitions.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

And therefore, Ramos says a woman should not be mashkiach.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

He says the easy way around it is, hire a man as the mashkiach, and then the man can have the woman work for him to oversee that everything is going okay.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

But ultimately, the Rav Hamachshir is the one who's really the one in the position of srarah.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

That is Ramos' definition of srarah, at least.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Now, do all the Rishonim agree with Rav Moshe?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So the answer is clearly no.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

The Tosos Masechas Nidon Dav Nun allows a woman to be a Dayan.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

L'cha'orah, that would seem to be a position of serarah regardless of what you hold.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Sefer Achinuch, the mitzvah Taf Tzadi Zayin, says that a woman can't be a king.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

And then in the next mitzvah he talks about a ger, and he says that a ger is not allowed to be a king or have any other position of serarah.