But she doubts the Lubavitch tradition will appeal to Santa Fe women. Chabad definitely has its place with young, lost people. But in Santa Fe, she said, many Jewish women are older, divorced. They're very unaffiliated, they're very opinionated in what they want in their lives. Under the Lubavitch tradition, women are in charge of the home and men are in charge of work outside the home.
Women wear skirts.
Lubavitch Jews believe the Torah obligates married couples to sleep in separate beds when the wife menstruates, and she must und ergo a cleansing ceremony before the couple can sleep together again. Men must pray three times a day and walk to the synagogue on the Sabbath. Levertov said that he does not recognize the distinction between the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox branches of Judaism. The rabbi said that he is not trying to make everyone a Lubavitcher - just to give them the opportunity to fulfill their obligations as Jews. If a Jew lights the Friday evening Sabbath candles once, it is a mitzvah, a fulfillment of a religious obligation, even if that person had not lit the candles before or does not plan to do it again, he said.