[Avodah] Rav Shimon Schwab on how Jewish women should dress

[Prof. Levine]

At 07:41 AM 5/6/2010, Michael Poppers wrote:
>RYL sh'l'y't'a' didn't fully quote RSS z'l'. He should now quote the 
>paragraph(s) regarding Jewish ladies and their husbands ;-). Thanks.

Indeed, I should have. Rav Schwab also wrote the following about this issue. YL

"Unquestionably, women's beauty certainly has its place. Jewish women 
are encouraged to make themselves attractive to their husbands. The 
references to women's perfumes and cosmetics in the Mishnah or Gemara 
are made in connection with their use for the purpose of making women 
attractive to their husbands. Unfortunately, the opposite has become 
true. A woman may neglect herself when she is at home alone with her 
husband, but when she goes out, she dresses up and beautifies 
herself. This whole idea -that a woman enhances her beauty for the 
outside world, but neglects it when she is alone with their husband 
is wrong; it is a non-Jewish custom, and it probably had its roots in 
the time of Yeshayahu. For only he, and no other navi, refers to 
women's beauty enhancements in such great detail."

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