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Growing up I was taught that the reason for the various restrictions on how a woman is supposed to dress according to orthodox standards, dubbed 'tzniut' was because lack of doing so was 'lifnei ee...
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DonielF
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2020-09-10T17:59:05Z (about 4 years ago)
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withoutatrace
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2020-08-11T20:40:08Z (over 4 years ago)
How do we understand tzniut as a violation of lifnei eevar?
Growing up I was taught that the reason for the various restrictions on how a woman is supposed to dress according to orthodox standards, dubbed 'tzniut' was because lack of doing so was 'lifnei eevar' - placing a stumbling block in front of a blind person - in the sense that if a woman is dressed immodestly and a Jewish man sees her it may lead him to inappropriate sexual thoughts and/or other forbidden actions. I would like to know * Is this the correct/normative understanding? * Assuming it is correct, since this Rabbinic enactment was done to prevent a man committing certain sins, if those sins are not committed I assume the woman has not transgressed anything, is that correct? * Are there other explanations for the Rabbinic enactment of womens' dresscodes not related to lifnei eevar?