[Avodah] [Areivim] Kol B'Ishah and Halachic methodology

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:39:11PM +0200, Michael Makovi wrote:
: In Equality Lost, Rabbi Henkin comes to this EXACT conclusion. He
: quotes the Gemara that one of the rabbis would carry a bride on his
: shoulder at a wedding and respond he was of such a level that it
: didn't affect him. Then, the Maharsha (I think; it was Maran haRav
: someone) says that this works not only for an individual, but also a
: society: when the entire community or society has greater interaction
: between the sexes, they become inured and distance is no longer
: necessary....

I think that understanding this requires first understanding RYH's
discussion of the difference between das Moshe (absolute standards of
tzeni'us, which are mandatory regardless of what people are used to)
and das Yehudis (social norms of tzeni'us).

Try searching the archive for "das Yehudis" for previous discussions of
this point.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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