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Halacha Challenge: Should Women Have Melave Malka?

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As Rivky was setting up the table for Melave Malka, she asked her mother, "Imma, should I set up plates for you and the girls also?"

"Well maybe for the girls. But I am not so hungry," replied Imma.

"But isn't it a mitzva to have Melave Malka?" asked Rivky.

"It is,” replied Imma, “But I am not sure if it applies to women as well."

Chaim overheard the conversation, and voiced his opinion: “I think Melave Malka is a mitzva for women as well, because women need to honor Shabbos just as men do, and we eat Melave Malka l'kavod Shabbos as we escort out the Shabbos queen.”

His brother Shmuel objected: “Melave Malka was established by David HaMelech. Maybe he made this extra mitzva only for men.”

Question: Should Rivky set up the plates for the girls and Imma?

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