[Avodah] Daas Torah vs tight clothing

[Cantor Wolberg]

Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in 1964 stated: "I can't define  
pornography, but I know it when I see it."
Obviously, his perception would be quite different from our perception.

Prohibition against tight clothing would be our "I know it when I see  
it" but it's all a matter of how high (or low) our individual bar of  
morality is.
We certainly have much higher moral standards than the Constitution of  
the United States and yet, daas Torah doesn't necessarily give us the
unequivocal, definitive answers.

The Constitution doesn't contain chukim, so its orientation is quite  
different from ours.
Living in a country such as the U.S. presents tremendous challenges in  
being able to deal with cognitive dissonances, and it's no
wonder that we can't agree on many things with each other. This IMHO  
is what gives fertile soil for potential sinas chinam.

ri
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