[Avodah] Tznius

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From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine at stevens.edu>
>> My  understanding is that a woman's skirt is supposed to be long 
enough so that  when she sits down her knees do not show.  Yet it is 
the "fashion" here  in Flatbush for many women to wear skirts that 
just come to the knee when  they are standing.  This is what women do, 
but it is not correct, is  it?<<

YL

 
>>>>>
 
No, it is not correct.  Elbows and knees must be covered at all times,  
sitting and standing, wherever the woman can be seen by any man other than her  
closest male relatives.  In the case of a breach of clear halacha, you are  
correct that "what people do" is irrelevant.  There can never be a  
legitimate minhag in defiance of a universally agreed halacha.
 
Once the knee is covered, how long the skirt must be and whether  stockings 
must be worn, and how thick -- those are community-based issues that  may 
or may not have some written sources.
 
--Toby Katz
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