Mods: Do you have any tools to search for a deleted thread? I had posted a thread years ago where the OP was an English translation of Igros Moshe YD 3:86. It was still up and available for years but is gone now, likely in error (can’t imagine any other reason.) Some keywords in the OP were Igros Moshe YD 3:86 Pirkei Avos. Can you work some magic to bring it back to life?
Can you give me a hint of which screen name it may have been under? 🙂
PAA: Rav Moshe says in Igros Moshe YD 3:86 that girls are not permitted to learn Torah Shebalpeh, including not Mishnayis or Gemorah, except they may learn Pirkei Avos. The VaYoel Moshe Maimer Lashon HaKodesh 33 (p. 436) says girls can’t even learn Rashi since it is Torah Shebalpeh. These are a couple of examples of contemporary sources. Rav Moshe apparently held Rashi on Chumash is still categorized as the simple pshat on Torah Shebksav.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=920&st=&pgnum=332&hilite=
P.S. I believe there’s a concerted effort to post your comments hours after they’ve been submitted/timestamped so that it can be easily missed under the hope that’ll occur and you will get the last word. You could just tell me you want the last word and I’d be happy to oblige. 😉