modesty.

asked 3 years ago

Hello.
In the class I attended, it was said that there is a problem for a woman to walk in pants because it is a splay of the legs. Like the prohibition against riding an animal. Is this true?
Should we fear the light of the sun that tells us to retire a season before Lustha?
And regarding a foreign wig: Is a wig that looks exactly like hair, indistinguishable, a problem? And is it more of a problem than a wig that can be seen to be a wig?
And also the length of the wig? Is there a specific length that is needed?
Thank you very much.

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מיכי Staff answered 3 years ago

There is no problem with riding on stage and not wearing pants. There is a problem with immodest clothing. In the Gemara, riding a horse appears as a recommendation and not as a prohibition, but when today’s norms do not consider it immodest, then there is no problem. They did not practice stricter rules, although the Shach and the Chazo wrote that it was appropriate to do so. There are methods that prohibit wigs entirely, and therefore the question is only relevant to methods that permit them. Of these, there are jurists who have written that a wig that resembles hair is a problem. The question is whether head covering is a formal or substantive matter. Since in my opinion today there is no immodesty in this, only the formal matter remains, and therefore there is room for leniency. And the stricter one will receive a blessing. I didn’t understand the question about the length of the wig. But there are no rules in halacha regarding what a wig should be.

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אלעד replied 3 years ago

The rabbi wrote that pants are permitted and that immodest clothing is prohibited. Now the questions are asked: What is the definition of immodest clothing? After all, most of the rabbis today determine that pants are immodest.
Second question, who determines what is considered modest and immodest in society? And if it is a permissive society that is used to wearing miniskirts and bras (I intentionally took an extreme)

מיכי Staff replied 3 years ago

Think for yourself. There is no clear definition for this. And I don't think most of the poskim say it's immodest. They believe it's a man's tool. In my opinion, there's nothing immodest here.