[Avodah] Shevet HaLevi: Is There An Issur For Women To Stare At Men?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 04:13:19PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 26/10/2011 6:17 AM, Prof. Levine wrote:
>> Rav Vosner (Shevet HaLevi 5:197:2) says that the proof of the Tshuras
>> Shai is clear and certainly he is correct that it is assur for a woman
>> to stare at a man. This is a Lav of "Lo Sasuru... Acharei Eineichem"
>> and applies to both genders.

> Isn't the point of the issur as it applies to men that "shelo yeharher
> adam bayom, kedei..."?  If so, how can that apply to women?

As I said earlier, WRT SA EH siman 23... Perhaps the whole point of
legislating a derabbanan was to stop hirhurim that don't actually
get as far as causing SZL. If the only hirhurim we wanted to stop had
a reasonable chance of causing an issur deOraisa, they would be
assur misevara alone -- you can't intentionally risk breaking the
law. (Which now also ties us to the "kosher switch" thread...)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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