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<font size=3>At 09:57 AM 2/6/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: "Shoshana L.
Boublil" <toramada@bezeqint.net><br>
Kulam Chachamim; Kulam Nevonim etc.. That's probably the reason
that this <br>
issue hasn't been discussed (AFAIK) on Avodah.<br>
I would greatly appreciate it if the membership, which includes many
<br>
Talmidei Chachamim, would spend some time on discussing the various
reasons <br>
why wearing a Burka (or equivalent) is NOT appropriate for a Jewish
woman.<br>
Issues like "Bal Tosif"; the true meaning of Tzni'ut; Chukot
HaGoyim and <br>
other relevant issues could be discussed.<br>
The reason I'm asking is that while the answer is obvious to the Talmidei
<br>
Chachamim here, many others don't realize that there are problems with
this <br>
issue -- and what they are.<br>
As Avodah is publicly available, this would make the material also
available <br>
to other women who are asking this question and aren't getting
answers.<br>
A more detailed article can be found at (as suggested by R' Aryeh
Stein):<br>
<a href="http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=57786&ATypeId=1" eudora="autourl">
http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11&SecId=11&AId=57786&ATypeId=1</a>
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and a response:<br>
<a href="http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m12&SecId=12&AId=57829&ATypeId=1" eudora="autourl">
http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m12&SecId=12&AId=57829&ATypeId=1</a>
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IMHO, when issues like this fall by the wayside without appropriate
halachic <br>
and hashkafic reaction, many women may fall into the false belief that
such <br>
behavior (and similar) are actually not only good - but recommended.<br>
Shoshana L. Boublil</font></blockquote><br>
I mentioned something about this on Areivim (where I think it belongs.)
However if you read the articles these people have no idea of the
halachos of tzniyos. For example: <br><br>
<font size=3>'As one of them told Ha’aretz: “The entirety of a woman is
considered ervah,” or a naked part of the body which must be covered up,
“even one’s wrist. A man who isn’t your husband must not see it.”
'<br><br>
This is absolutely false. It is just simple ignorance. What more needs to
be said?</font></body>
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