Reply To: Why Do Girls Have to Cover Their Legs?

Ben: If it was Assur, the Shulchan Aruch would say Assur. The Lashon of “Lo…” inherently implies a Lechatchilah/Middas Chassidus. The point of the Magen Avraham is that less than 4 Amos is an even lower (higher, depending on how you look at it) level of Middas Chassidus.