The Torah says don’t stray right or left. There is such a thing as going overboard in fumkite where the gemara states, “are the Torah’s own restrictions not enough for you that you need to create more?” Unfortunately we see it with people spitting on little girls whose clothes are the “wrong color”, and throwing rocks at cars on Shabbos. They think they’re being frum when in reality they are off the derech. Yes, the derech can be strayed off to the left AND to the right. Being off the derech doesn’t just start at rock throwing though, and we need gedolim to tell us what is the derech and what is not. Burqas are NOT the derech for our day and age, just like taking multiple wives is not the derech, and just like wearing tfillin all day is not the derech.
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