[Avodah] Two kinds of humros

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From: rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com

>> AIUI this is also the  rationale for issur MZ 

It ALL ties in to a feeling of safety from  "sexual predatory behavior". 

IOW the Torah is concerned that family  members should not feel
threatened, nor the males going to a mikvah or public  bath.

To me that is the common denominator underlying  
social-spirtual-psychological 
Hashqafah of much of these "taboos".  <<





>>>>>
 
The question was about chumros or derabbanan's  and how they act as a  
fence to safeguard de'oraisahs. The particular question to which I  responded 
was about shniyos and how they safeguard de'oraisa arayos  prohibitions.
 
Citing a DE'ORAISAH as being a fence doesn't make sense.  The  de'oraisa is 
the thing we want to safeguard, it is not a safeguard to protect or  
prevent something else.  Also, the Torah does not give a reason for  forbidding MZ 
-- although it does call it a to'eivah.  Thus, it is  quite a stretch to 
posit that maybe the Torah forbids MZ in order to ensure the  safety of young 
males when they go to the mikva.
 

--Toby Katz
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