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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>>Can the same thing be said about a
frum female who wants to wear a<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>transgressing, not her?<SPAN
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similar fashion), there's no<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>how is it different than singing at the
opera - both are "displaying<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">The difference is that
Lifnei Iver is violated in that the viewer of a woman in a bikini likely would
have sexual thoughts—hirhurim. The listener to a female singer in an opera
likely would not, nowadays. Hence, no Lifnei Iver.</SPAN><SPAN lang=HE
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women's voice is still<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ervah in
that Chaza"l decreed that one may not recite a davar shebik'dusha while hearing
her sing, regardless of the presence or absence of hirhurim. But that is a
different Halachic category.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Henkin<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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