So I decided to check out Sam2’s (in)famous shul this past Shabbos. I got there right before Zachor and I saw a yeshiva guy and a modern girl by the bimah vociferously arguing about something. The girl was supposed to be the one to lain Zachor but the boy was claiming that it’s assur for a girl to lain. The girl responded by quoting Megilla 23a:
?”? ??? ????? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ???? ????? ??? ?? ???? ????? ???? ???? ????
To which the guy said that no one actually holds l’maaseh that a woman can read the Torah. So the girl said “The Netiv Moshe on p. 24 in footnote 112 writes: ???? ????? ???? ?? ????? ????? ???? ??? ?? ????.”
The guy said that we obviously don’t pasken like the Netiv Moshe, but he couldn’t convince her, so then he came from a different angle. He told her that there’s a shitah that women are patur from Zachor and therefore she can’t be motzi the men, thus she must let him read it. She responded that aderabba, that’s the reason why she has to read it and he can’t. The guy apparently thought she was joking so she went to the shelf and got a Sefer Hachinuch and opened it to Mitzvah 603 and read aloud:
?????? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ?????
She then explained:
“In my circles women serve in the army, so we are now obligated in Zachor as well. You’re a yeshiva guy so you are patur from the army; mimayla you are patur from Zachor as well. Therefore, I can be motzi you but you can’t be motzi me.”
Finally someone suggested that they just ask the Rabbi. But the shul had no Rabbi. Meanwhile some Teimani dude sauntered over and said “This argument is pointless. Neither of you can be motzi anyone because you ashkenazim don’t know how to pronounce Hebrew words.” So we had a Teimani Zachor.
Then I realized why Sam keeps on coming back to this shul. The entertainment is awesome.