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...Hillel Chair Benjamin Z. Galper ’02, who is also a Crimson editor, estimated that about 200 people attend Hillel community meals and will be affected by the decision...
After eight months of deliberation, Steinberg decided that from now on, only men will say Birkat Hamazon and only women will say Kiddush at all Hillel community Friday dinners and Saturday lunches...
Birkat Hamazon, an after-meal grace, is always led by men in traditional Judaism, while Kiddush—which is said before Hillel meals—can be led by either men or women...
...decision did not please everybody. Several Hillel members, who wished to remain anonymous, said they felt that women always saying Kiddush was arbitrary and removed from the spirit of the prayers...
Community-wide decisions of this nature are unusual at Hillel, as most ritual practices occur in the individual prayer groups of its many denominations, including Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Meals are among the only events involving rituals that the whole community takes part...