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    flatbusher
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    Are there any standards of male tznius? We are aware of women and girls should do, but what about men? Is it a proper for a man to walk around in an undershirt or shirtless altogether? I am not talking about proper dress for tefilah; I’m talking about similar situations to that which women are in.

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    Patur Aval Assur
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    YW Moderator-127
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    Yuhara

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    Little Froggie
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    to the OP, look up in Shulchan Aruch.

    Of course there’s a mitzva for men to be covered at all times. Not for the same reason as by women. By men it’s because we are always in the presence of HaShem, ??? ?? ???? ?????.

    #1082456
    The Frumguy
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    Tznius (for both women and men) does not exclusively refer to clothing. It’s also speaking loudly in the street (such as on a cellphone), playing a car radio loudly, being an overly loud davener and many other things which call attention to oneself.

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    takahmamash
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    I get hot, I put on a pair of shorts. I’ll change back to long pants before I go to shule to daven. That’s just the way it is.

    #1082458
    nishtdayngesheft
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    Just an observation that I have made.

    There are those who criticize chasidim for being as makpid on tznius as they are. And very often the comments have very much a feminist bent to them.

    However, it is clear that the Chasidic men are as makpid on themselves, because the very same brilliant people criticize the Chasidic men for wearing black coats in the summer.

    Vda’l

    #1082459
    HaLeiVi
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    #1082460
    popa_bar_abba
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    Go to a business office and look around.

    The men are dressed just as tznius as you might like, according to Rav Falk’s biggest chumros.

    The women not so much.

    So you see, there is a reason for the focus.

    #1082461
    flatbusher
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    There seems to be a trend of yeshiva bochurim wearing more fitted clothing. Is that tzinius?

    #1082462
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    No, it’s not. There are all types of yeshiva bochurim, and that style is more commonly found on one type than on another type.

    #1082463
    sushibagel
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    According to some of the stricter opinions it’s forbidden for a man to even walk barefoot even outside of his bedroom

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    Jewish Thinker
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    There seems to be a trend of yeshiva bochurim wearing more fitted clothing. Is that tzinius?

    Ya, I know a school that had a rule against very tight fitting clothing for the boys.

    #1082465
    Joseph
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    Even a man is required to take off and change his clothing only under a blanket and never openly even in his own bedroom.

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    Joseph
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    #1082467
    flatbusher
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    Joseph, is that what you do?

    #1082468
    Joseph
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    Of course. Are there frum people that don’t?

    #1082469
    flatbusher
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    Somehow I would be surprised that the frum guys who come to the door in their undershirts would get undressed under the covers.

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    see ??”? ??”? ??? ? ???? ?? ??? ? where he writes that anything in Simin ? is ???? ?????? and the dress code for men follows the ???? ????? (I would imagine this means whoever lives in the area including non-jews). He continues there that when you daven you need to be dressed as if you were in front of a king or royalty. It is always forbidden to ???? ???? especially in front of ?????.

    #1082471
    ItcheSrulik
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    I was hoping someone would rant about men’s jeggings…

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    owl
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    #1082473
    interjection
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    I think flashy belts and belts with logos should be assur. If women’s shirts that have something written on the front are assur, belts for men is the same thing.

    #1082474
    ABS-SA
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    Tznius is primarily a mode of behaviour. Mode of dress is an important part thereof, but is not the entirety of it. Halochas must be observed and I am not suggesting otherwise. Nevertheless, there are many aspects of tznius that simply cannot be legislated and therein lies the difficulty.

    One could keep all the halochas, but still be un-tznius. Example, a woman who keeps every chumra known (and unknown) insofar as she dresses, yet chews gum like a cow chewing its cud while drooling. Plainly this is not what we expect from a Bas Yisroel. Or, who blocks up the street while fetching her kids from cheder and ends up inconveniencing other people. Or, who screams like a fish-wife.

    With men, it could be a case of inconveniencing other passengers on an airplane because they needed to say a 20 minute shemoneh esrah. Or, driving an over-the-top car in order to show off one’s wealth. Or, for that matter ostentatiously keeping chumros to show the world how frum one is – if you’re sincere do it quietly!

    My experience has been that dressing tznius is often a direct outgrowth of behaving tznius, more than as an obsession with the technical requirements of dressing tznius. Notwithstanding, that the halachas must be observed regardless.

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    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    ABS-SA, I would say your excellent point a bit differently; tzniyus is a middah. That middah manifests itself in both behavior and dress.

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