[Avodah] Why Jewish Women should NOT wear a Burka

[Rich, Joel]

In the Rambam's era, where a rav has to tell his followers not to follow
cultural norm and allow their wives out of the home to see their
followers occasionally, perhaps the answer would be different.
For all I know, a burqa was already common-place, and wouldn't draw
attention.



SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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Herein lies the rub.  The slippery slope of this approach to "tzniut" is
completely separate male and female societies within Judaism with the
exception of husband/wife and even then al tarbeh sicha.  Is this the
aspirational vision of Judaism or did statements like this (and the
Rambam above) reflect a cultural norm of the time or is the truth
somewhere in between? 

Question - how many of the chevrah invite shabbos company which includes
husbands and wives not related to the hosts?  If you do, how many allow
or discourage inter-gender non-marrieds conversations?

KT
Joel Rich
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