re: #402 SanFranciscoZionist

What does the law say?

Secular I am not sure it says anything outside of the Israeli authorities would like to prevent disturbances.

Halachicly, as far as I know wearing a Talit by a woman id cross dressing and therefore prohibited because it is a man’s garment by tradition.

What I mean by that is a garment that is traditionally male and a Tallit certainly is, is defined by Halacha as a man’s garment. That is the point about a kilt, a Scottish Jewish man could wear one.

But a Tallit is male everywhere.

Now how it got that way is a moot point, because once it is male, it is cross dressing. I ahve no beef with women who want to go to their own shul and pray as they feel they should. But the Kotel is not just their Shul and I find it selfish and disrespectful to impose a minority view on the majority in the place of thousands of years over well established Tradition - particularly at the Kotel.