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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine@stevens.edu><BR>>> My
understanding is that a woman's skirt is supposed to be long <BR>enough so that
when she sits down her knees do not show. Yet it is <BR>the "fashion" here
in Flatbush for many women to wear skirts that <BR>just come to the knee when
they are standing. This is what women do, <BR>but it is not correct, is
it?<<<BR><BR>YL</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>================</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</FONT></DIV>
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