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Women’s Pants

Question

Does the dear Rabbi have an article on the topic of women wearing pants?
What is the Rabbi’s opinion?

Answer

No. And in my opinion it also does not warrant an article. With women’s pants there is certainly no problem (as long as they are modest). With men’s pants there could be a problem, but there are almost no such pants. Today most are unisex, and in my opinion there is no problem with that either, because nowadays it is customary for both women and men, so it is not considered men’s garb. All of this assumes that there is no immodesty there of one kind or another.

Discussion on Answer

Anonymous (2020-03-19)

But you need a skirt, no? Because of being tight against the leg? And what about the custom of the daughters of Israel in all the holy communities?

B (2020-03-19)

This really does require an article. Girls I know are racking their brains over this and think they are completely sinful and have no way to repent. There is serious brainwashing on the internet, on sites like Hidabroot for example, on this issue…

Benjamin Gurlin (2020-03-19)

I agree with B, 100% right.

Anonymous (2020-03-19)

B, is this really correct from a halakhic standpoint? It sounds like a major novelty compared to the accepted discourse… even a deviation from the way…
In any case, the Rabbi writes that this is on condition that it is modest. What does that mean? For example, if it isn’t tight, then many pants would not fit that, and so on.

Michi (2020-03-20)

I don’t know how to give definitions for modesty. It’s a vague concept.

B (2020-03-20)

Why is it vague?

Michi (2020-03-20)

I don’t know. The fact is that it is vague. Can you give sharp criteria for modesty? Isn’t it obvious that it depends on context, that there are different degrees of immodesty, and that it’s hard to draw a line?

Daniel (2024-02-01)

If you don’t know how to give definitions for modesty, then why are you ruling that pants are permitted? When one understands the definitions of modesty, one sees that there is no permission for this at all, and there is no halakhic decisor who permitted such a thing.

A Jewish Man (2024-02-01)

Regarding what you wrote: “And in my opinion it also does not warrant an article. With women’s pants there is certainly no problem (as long as they are modest).” We have received the tradition that, as with every halakhic ruling, everything requires a source and support, and as long as this comes from mere reasoning… then it really won’t be worth relating to.
And also, why doesn’t it warrant an article??

Michi (2024-02-01)

Do you have an article on why it is permitted to cut challah with a knife on Purim? Why it is permitted to sit on Wednesdays? As is well known, everything requires a source and support.
I’m done with this pilpul nonsense.

A Jewish Man (2024-02-01)

mikyab, regarding what you wrote: Do you have an article on why it is permitted to cut challah with a knife on Purim? Why it is permitted to sit on Wednesdays? As is well known, everything requires a source and support.
I’m done with this pilpul nonsense.

I hope your little 3-year-old son didn’t write that for you, because it doesn’t match the level…

A Jewish Man (2024-02-01)

Not every silly little matter needs a source!! (Like cutting challah with a knife on Purim.)
But in matters that are the foundation of the Jewish people, you can’t just invent things that you can’t even pull out of thin air.

A Jewish Man (2024-02-01)

I would be glad for a response from the Rabbi, not from someone else..

Michi (2024-02-01)

What exactly am I supposed to respond? To bring an article with sources that a woman is allowed to wear women’s pants? Which, as is well known, is the foundation of the Jewish people. I only remind you that this site is intended for those who can read and write and for those who passed first grade successfully.

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