Open-mouthed, Joe stared at Ruchy in shock. “How in the world did you do that?”, he asked.
“What do you mean? Don’t you remember when we were young and I used to tell you about all the things I learned in Bais Yaakov and in B’nos and you used to laugh at me that I’m only a girl and I don’t know what I’m talking about? Well, you see now that I did!”, she finished, triumphantly.
“But I don’t understand how that could be! Chazal say very clearly, נשים דעתיהן קלות, how could you possibly know something that I don’t know???!!”
“And besides”, he finished smugly, “girls don’t have a chiyuv to learn Torah and boys do, so how could a girl who has no chiyuv to learn Torah possible know something that a boy who does have a chiyuv to learn doesn’t know?”
“But Joseph, the same Chazal who say נשים דעתיהן קלות also say that women have additional Binah!”
“Oh, right, that’s true…. hm, well maybe in that case you can give me some advice regarding a dilemma I’m having.”
“Sure, Joe, you know I’d do anything for my favorite brother.”
“Favorite brother????!!! What do you mean? I’m your only brother!!!”
“Right, exactly.”
“What?….Well, whatever, do you really think you can help me out?”
“Sure, I’d love to use my extra binah to help you! What’s the issue?”
“Okay.. Wait, a second.. how do you know what Chazal say about women and binah??!! You’re not allowed to learn Gemara!!! Have you been learning Gemara on the sly, Tzippy???!!!”
“Joe, she answered patiently, “It’s not assur for women to learn Gemara. The issur is on men teaching them Gemara. You never taught me Gemara, so you have nothing to worry about. Now what’s the issue?”