“Oh, That Your Ears Hear What Your Mouth is Saying”
Your insistance to dress modestly until erstwhile members "shape up" is the CAUSE – not the CURE to such forbidden behavior. Immodest dress has always gone hand in hand with violent behavior among its observors (even if they sport long beards and peyot…). Yes – they MUST learn to guard their eyes. But the tone of your retort gives off some doubt as to the question if this is what you really want…
2. A Balanced Jew
5/16/2016
Your insistance to dress modestly until erstwhile members "shape up" is the CAUSE – not the CURE to such forbidden behavior. Immodest dress has always gone hand in hand with violent behavior among its observors (even if they sport long beards and peyot…). Yes – they MUST learn to guard their eyes. But the tone of your retort gives off some doubt as to the question if this is what you really want…
3. Dassie
7/01/2014
Hard to hear, but totally true. An American rebbetzin said something similar, that a lot of Heavenly decrees that women run around trying to annul through chesed and many other noble activities could be totally prevented just by dressing properly. It's like we are willing to do any other mitzvah at any price — as long as it isn't dignified dress and behavior, i.e. tsnius. A lot of women get upset when tsnius lectures follow severe disasters — "Oh, blame us after everything we do to serve Hashem!" And it's true that in many ways, most women work harder on their ruchnius/spirituality and character than most men. But we are all in this boat together. Men must work on tsnius in their way and women must in their way. May we all do teshuvah and bring Mashiach now.
4. Dassie
7/01/2014
An American rebbetzin said something similar, that a lot of Heavenly decrees that women run around trying to annul through chesed and many other noble activities could be totally prevented just by dressing properly. It's like we are willing to do any other mitzvah at any price — as long as it isn't dignified dress and behavior, i.e. tsnius. A lot of women get upset when tsnius lectures follow severe disasters — "Oh, blame us after everything we do to serve Hashem!" And it's true that in many ways, most women work harder on their ruchnius/spirituality and character than most men. But we are all in this boat together. Men must work on tsnius in their way and women must in their way. May we all do teshuvah and bring Mashiach now.
5. melissa
6/30/2014
There are way way worse transgressions than showing skin. I will be modest when religious groups stop acting out of greed and preying on vulnerabilities of young bt and men (religious and secular) stop abusing their wives and jews (religious and non) stop speaking lashon hara You dont have to be immodest to transgress the whole Torah 50 times worse than a swimsuit model does. (and yes I have seen both sides)
6. melissa
6/30/2014
I will be modest when religious groups stop acting out of greed and preying on vulnerabilities of young bt and men (religious and secular) stop abusing their wives and jews (religious and non) stop speaking lashon hara You dont have to be immodest to transgress the whole Torah 50 times worse than a swimsuit model does. (and yes I have seen both sides)
5/16/2016
“Oh, That Your Ears Hear What Your Mouth is Saying”
Your insistance to dress modestly until erstwhile members "shape up" is the CAUSE – not the CURE to such forbidden behavior. Immodest dress has always gone hand in hand with violent behavior among its observors (even if they sport long beards and peyot…). Yes – they MUST learn to guard their eyes. But the tone of your retort gives off some doubt as to the question if this is what you really want…
5/16/2016
Your insistance to dress modestly until erstwhile members "shape up" is the CAUSE – not the CURE to such forbidden behavior. Immodest dress has always gone hand in hand with violent behavior among its observors (even if they sport long beards and peyot…). Yes – they MUST learn to guard their eyes. But the tone of your retort gives off some doubt as to the question if this is what you really want…
7/01/2014
Hard to hear, but totally true. An American rebbetzin said something similar, that a lot of Heavenly decrees that women run around trying to annul through chesed and many other noble activities could be totally prevented just by dressing properly. It's like we are willing to do any other mitzvah at any price — as long as it isn't dignified dress and behavior, i.e. tsnius. A lot of women get upset when tsnius lectures follow severe disasters — "Oh, blame us after everything we do to serve Hashem!" And it's true that in many ways, most women work harder on their ruchnius/spirituality and character than most men. But we are all in this boat together. Men must work on tsnius in their way and women must in their way. May we all do teshuvah and bring Mashiach now.
7/01/2014
An American rebbetzin said something similar, that a lot of Heavenly decrees that women run around trying to annul through chesed and many other noble activities could be totally prevented just by dressing properly. It's like we are willing to do any other mitzvah at any price — as long as it isn't dignified dress and behavior, i.e. tsnius. A lot of women get upset when tsnius lectures follow severe disasters — "Oh, blame us after everything we do to serve Hashem!" And it's true that in many ways, most women work harder on their ruchnius/spirituality and character than most men. But we are all in this boat together. Men must work on tsnius in their way and women must in their way. May we all do teshuvah and bring Mashiach now.
6/30/2014
There are way way worse transgressions than showing skin. I will be modest when religious groups stop acting out of greed and preying on vulnerabilities of young bt and men (religious and secular) stop abusing their wives and jews (religious and non) stop speaking lashon hara You dont have to be immodest to transgress the whole Torah 50 times worse than a swimsuit model does. (and yes I have seen both sides)
6/30/2014
I will be modest when religious groups stop acting out of greed and preying on vulnerabilities of young bt and men (religious and secular) stop abusing their wives and jews (religious and non) stop speaking lashon hara You dont have to be immodest to transgress the whole Torah 50 times worse than a swimsuit model does. (and yes I have seen both sides)