[Avodah] Kol kevudah: a woman's place is in the home

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 07:28:42PM -0400, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: At least we've gotten past the idea of "kol kevudah" referring
: exclusively to the internal beauty of the soul as opposed to the outer
: layer of riches.....

Again, see RSRH. 

For sources, I recommend RnCL's posts at
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol04/v04n121.shtml#11>
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol04/v04n129.shtml#22>
too much there to start quoting

In <http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol04/v04n122.shtml#01> R Mordechai
Torczyner writes:
> Kol Kevodah, on the other hand, places an emphasis on actually being away
> from the sight of others (Rashi Tehillim 45:14, and others there). This
> does not necessarily refer to being indoors, but it does mean staying out
> of the spotlight, as a general course of behavior (see Avodah Zarah 18a,
> Rashi there sv Dikdekah - it is clear that the problem is not with being
> in public, it is with being in the spotlight of avoiding the spotlight.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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