[Avodah] Tzeni'us and gender roles

[Arie Folger]

> From: Arie Folger <afolger at aishdas.org>
>>>Sorry to barge in, but IIRC, there is a chazal that considers it
> immodest for a woman to stand in front of a court. Cited even by Rashi
> Devarim 22:16 (melamed she-ein la-isha reshit ledabber bifnei ha-ish,
> which is why she is represented by her parents).<<

RT613K at aol.com replied:
> She is represented by her parents?  *Both* parents?

Both parents come to the court and are "motzi et betulei bitam el
hazqenim hasha'ara" (22:15), but only the father speaks (22:16).
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Arie Folger,
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