[Avodah] Pisuq raglayim

[Meir Shinnar]

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> Pisuq ragalayim isn't a modern invention. It's das Moshe, Sinaitic, assur even
> if everyone does it and no one finds it "interesting". It comes from the
> kevesh and not having stairs. The big she'eilah is what's the matir for men.
1) The kohanim wore michansayim... From the keves, one should learn,
if anything, that skirts should be assur...

2) Is there any classic halachic source from before the nineteenth
century that codifies pisuk raglayim as assur for either men or women?
Ellinson, even though he comes out that one shouldn't wear pants
because frum women don't wear pants and it's essentially a uniform -
while he brings very late tshuvot who seem to rely on a midrash, seems
to think that there is no such dat moshe, sinaitic, or even rabbinic
issur that can be derived definitively - and the issue is far more
communal norms.
(I think that the isse of communal norms depends on the community -
and one should be wary of inventing new halachot - lekula or
lehumra..)
Meir Shinnar