So, are we saying that though ALL JEWS are tamei because there is no Beis Hamikdash, that men, who don’t even go al pi halacha to the mikveh l’shem mitzvah, unlike married women who at least do so at specific times, have more kedusha to touch a S”T than women? I am NOT saying this in order to start an argument with anyone – I really do not understand why this is so. What kedusha is inherent in males that is not inherent also in women? And why are women not on a higher madreiga in kedusha by virtue of the fact that they go to the mikvah because they have a mitzvah to do so, which men do not (so the men’s tumah cannot be removed even a little bit, as compared to the women)?
And btw, I have never davened in a shul where the Sifrei Torah were not brought over to the Ezras Nashim on Simchas Torah, so the women could touch them. So again, I am asking, is all that has been quoted from various sources, halacha l’maiseh, or the opinion of a rov that this is a “better not to do” situation? There is a real difference between saying something is assur, to saying that it’s preferred not to do it. It’s better for me not to eat too much red meat, but until my doc says it’s assur for me, I am making a roast for Shemini Atzeres! And is every thing that has been mentioned here, accepted by ALL rabbonim (or a majority)? Are minority opinions also written in the Mishneh Berurah and other sources?
Whoever responds to my questions, please respond with the idea in mind that I am asking because I do not know the answers to these questions – I am not making fun of Daas Torah.