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Chacham
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yitayningwut– maybe avodah zarah 18 .??? ?’ ????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ????? ???? ????? ???? ???? ??? ???? ???????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ????? ????????? It says the daughter of Rav Chanina Ben Tradyon was punished for having pesiyos na’os (walking nicely) one time she heard the romans complimenting her steps so she then was careful. Many of the Baalei Mussar explain that Rav Chanina’s daughter was of course a tzanua ( see later on in the gemara there) just she was extra tznius that she attracted attention, which is the opposite of the idea of tznius. When she realized people were complimenting her and that she stuck out she corrected herself. because of that she was punished. that is the basic idea