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<font size=3>At 06:07 AM 1/8/2013, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:45 PM,
Daniel Eidensohn <yadmoshe@gmail.com>wrote:<br>
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>> the general psak today is that one can indeed wear clothing from
the<br>
>> goyim as long as it has a purpose</font></blockquote><br>
The following is from RSRH's commentary on Bereishis 21:21
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b><i>And
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>God
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>made Adam and his
wife<br>
garments of skins, and clothed them.<br><br>
</i></b></font>In dual fashion, clothing educates man to return to his
original stature:<br>
(a) Clothing covers the body’s nakedness, thus warning man to rule
over<br>
his body.<br><br>
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(b) Clothing affords protection against the elements of nature,<br>
thus reminding man that he has fallen from his former stature, to
which<br>
he has not yet returned. Man was created without a garment; the<br>
peacefulness of Paradise prevailed between him and nature all around<br>
him. Now, however, he needs a garment, and this garment reminds him<br>
that, as long as he must be ashamed of his body, he has not yet
returned<br>
to Paradise.<br><br>
Thus it seems to me that all clothing has a purpose. YL<br>
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