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[Joseph Kaplan]

RRW: "I think RY don't turn this down to honor the chassan and kallah by
their acceptance

IOW it's not necessarily about their own Kavod."

If the RHS/RMB definition of tzni'ut were truly a jewish ideal (and I  
believe it is not), then RY would have taught this to their talmidim  
who would then be understanding why their rebbe did not take the  
kibud.  And, of course, I did not say, nor did I mean to imply, that  
RY were concerned about their kavod.  But if taking the, let's call  
it a public role and not an honor or a kibud, truly conflicted with  
tzni'ut, they'd act on it.  I haven't seen, nor have I heard of our  
poskim and other leaders, including those advocating this definition,  
acting on it.

Joseph Kaplan