Pesselmalka, I am a woman and a very tzniusdik woman at that. I have mentored many young woman and have changed their minds on the tnius issue in addition to the negiah issue and not in the way that is being done here, thank you very much.
apushitayid, women don’t learn Gemarah and from what you are saying, it is not clear where the story ends nor what the point of the story is. So it is hard to understand the meaning of the story. Yes it still leaves questions unanswered and I imagine there will be many chochamim still debating and trying to figure out its meaning. As for me, what I get out of the story is a lack of emunah in Hashem on the part of the teacher and the talmid. (Of course I know that not to be the case since we are talking about an amora from the gemora, so I just don’t understand the gemora is what I am saying.)
missme, did you here me telepathically keep saying “wish you were here”? I was wondering where you were all this time everyone was contributing to your rant about the “so called frum girls”. Personally I took offense to that term, it was very hurtful and inaccurate because no matter your opinion about the length of their skirts they are still frum girls and hopefully will continue to be. It is quite odd that you left us to fend for ourselves after you dropped this big bomb on us.
In my humble opinion, it should be left to Rabbonim and they should give mussar on how tznius should be taught to young women, in the vein of the beauty of the mitzvah and not that Hashem will punish you and burn you at the stake. Parents and mechanchim alike should be informed on the teaching process immediately and others should be told that it is not up to them to give tochacha since they don’t know how to do it in the right manner.
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