[Avodah] Tznius

[Shoshana L. Boublil]

From: T613K at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Tznius

Old TK:
> RZ in Israel and some Lubavitchers and some borderline RW in  America 
> often wear ankle-length skirts, but mainly for fashion.

> In the past ten or twenty years, there has been a kind of fashion 
> movement among certain groups of RZ in Israel who have been influenced 
> by the chareidi community.  

From: menucha _menu at inter.net.il_ (mailto:menu at inter.net.il) 
> sorry to confuse your speculation with the facts but the  reason we 
> wear long skirts is halachic. based on the more machmir opinion of  
> definition of shok.

"We"? You and how many others? Yes I know that there are RW RZ who
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[SLB writes] I've actually posted about this in the past.
As someone who was there when the movement started, I have to say the
following.
Back in the late 1970s, a young RZ woman who was a spiritual leader started
wearing long skirts b/c "stockings don't cover anything" and there is the
opinion that the shok is the lower part of the leg and should be covered.

It never ever had anything to do with Chareidi, and we were the first
generation of the more RW of the RZ.

As someone who learned from her (I was in highschool. She is a year older
than me) - many of my friends and I took what she said seriously - and
started to lengthen our skirts, first below mid-calf (called "midi" at the
time) and later even longer.
I still wear my skirts longer than average to this day.

The young lady is now known as Rebbetzin Osnat Shiloh.

Shoshana L. Boublil