OK, bottom line for me, the words of the Gemorah, the chachomim etc. are still divided by what we MUST do, and what SOME feel are good suggestions. Hashem did not give us the Aseres Eitzos or Taryag Recommendations. he gave us a specific Derech to follow. Some rabbonim feel that ever more stringent followings are better for us, but that does not make those things either a chiyuv OR necessarily the best advice. It was the best advice that they felt inclined to follow ADDITIONALLY to the actual halacha, at the time in which they lived and said what they said. There are very few frum women today who would argue that the way to have wonderful kids is to refrain from upsetting the sensibilities of one’s walls by letting them see her hair. IT WAS A MASHAL. It teaches us that tznius is of utmost importance (no argument from me on that issue). And I would hope that no one here actually believes that a woman whose head is uncovered in the privacy of her own home, is somehow committing a terrible aveira that makes her unworthy of having wonderful, beautiful, and successful children.
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