Post #12 of my critique of the Women's Ordination video

Post #12 of my critique of the Women's Ordination video listed below: POINT #9 from the video: All Patriarchal blessings were passed down from father to son. 

This reason this detail was included in the argument against women’s ordination only makes sense to me if the presenters are trying to prove that women have no part in God’s inheritance.  It’s as if they are saying, “Certainly women can be saved, but that is about as far as it goes. All the blessings were for males, females are only necessary because we need them to get more male babies to inherit God's blessings.” I truly hope I am wrong in that assessment.  But since Patriarchal blessings and ordination do not have much in common, I honestly cannot see why you would include this information in an argument against women’s ordination, unless you feel that women do not have a part in blessings from God.  The point is also very ambiguous.  Which blessings are being talked about?  Are they only talking about the blessings that were passed from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to the 13 tribes?  Or were they referring to a firstborn son receiving a blessing and double portion of their Father’s inheritance?  Or are they talking about the way that Jewish parents, both Fathers and Mothers, still today bless their children every Friday night?

If they are talking about the blessings passed down from Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to the 13 tribes, I would say that not all of Abraham’s children were chosen, but only the ones born from his wife Sarah.  Not all of Isaac’s children were chosen, but only the child that was the favorite of his wife.  And while all of Jacob’s children were part of the chosen, only the line from his lesser loved wife was selected to be the one through whom Messiah would come.

If they are referring to blessings of inheritance.  Women too were allowed to inherit land.  In Numbers 27 we come across a story of 5 girls, whose father had died in the wilderness. Facing the possibility that their family would receive no inheritance. They brought their case to Moses, arguing that they should still inherit, even though their father had no sons.  This must have been extremely counter-cultural because Moses does not decide this one for himself, but instead took it to God.  God assures Moses that these girls are in the right and sets this ruling down as a precedent for all generations.

As for the blessings traditionally said by Jewish parents over both boys and girls, this is a tradition that is long standing and shows that in God’s eyes and in Jewish eyes both boys and girls are treasured in their sight