[Avodah] Why Jewish Women should NOT wear a Burka (or equivalent)

[Shoshana L. Boublil]

> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:12:11 +0200
> From: "AY & CB Walters" <acwalters at bluebottle.com>

> The Pele Yo'etz says that he praises the Bnei Hayishma'eilim whose wives
> totally cover up


This is the same Pele Yo'etz who says not to marry a widow unless you're an 
old man;

The same Pele Yo'etz who says that if a woman is married to an evil man who 
beats her she should accept her fate b/c she'll have a large reward in the 
Next World.

OTOH, he said that if parents realize that their kids are tough, who don't 
have Yirat Hashem and don't listen to their parents, then the parents 
shouldn't make requests of them and should make an effort not to be angry to 
talk harshly to them, but rather that they should talk softly to them.

While apparently he was a great Tzaddik, he was also known as a Sagfan.

Shoshana L. Boublil