[Avodah] Is Body Paint Halakhically Clothing?

[Madjsolomon at aol.com]

To respond to R' Ken Bloom's question whether body paint would be  
considered as watching ervah, you might find of interest the analysis of ervah  
through glass found on p. 6 of Piskei Teshuvah (by R' Avraham  Peterchowski). In 
particular, he cites Yoma 35b in reference to transparent  clothes which he 
understands 'min hadin kasher haya l'bigdei  kehuna'.  Rav Ovadia Yosef 
also addresses this question of ervah  through glass/television in Yechave 
Da'at 4:6 where I believe one could  extrapolate that in the case being 
discussed, it would not be considered as  ervah. 
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