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<font size=3>At 05:51 AM 2/18/2011, Rn Toby Katz wrote:<br>
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If the choice is mini-skirts or floor-length then yes, halavai they
should <br>
all wear long skirts. But.<br>
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When nobody wears skirts to the floor, that style is too eye-catching to
be <br>
modest. It may be that in Israel it has become so
common among the DL <br>
in recent years that it is no longer attention-getting, but that is
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certainly not the case in the US. And obviously that style is
still considered <br>
too eye-catching to be modest in charedi neighborhoods in
Israel. I would <br>
add that the women whom my mother calls the "Shmatta
Ladies" -- the ones who <br>
ostentatiously shroud themselves in black from head to foot -- are
immodest <br>
in the most profound sense of the word. Tznius means when you
walk down <br>
the street you look normal and nobody gives you a second
glance.<br>
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--Toby Katz</blockquote><br>
Some of the uniforms worn by Bais Yaakov girls here in Brooklyn have
pretty long skirts. <br><br>
As far as "Tznius means when you walk down the street you look
normal and nobody gives you a second glance." I do not think
that this is possible today. Since most people walking in the street no
longer "look normal," anyone who does will most certainly
call attention to herself! >:-} <br><br>
YL</font></body>
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