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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the reasoning behind modest dress in religious communities.
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an online question from U somebody doesn't want to be wants to remain anonymous they uh go to a lot of weddings and they notice that um it's a woman and she goes to a lot of weddings she noticed that uh women generally dress in dark colors is there a reason for that is there the Torah say it's more modest or is it just a fashion issue um it's uh issue um it's uh it's a hard question to answer uh but uh dark clothing is considered more modest but modesty has its uh parameters also and uh uh it became like a like a style now maybe started off some people want to be more modest and put on dark clothing or black clothing and that became the style
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- 0:00an online question from U somebody doesn't want to be wants to remain anonymous they uh…
- 0:31issue um it's uh it's a hard question to answer uh but uh dark clothing is…
- 1:01black clothing and that became the style and people are going that way a lot of…
- 1:31that was that woman can't wear bright clothing and uh it's uh on the contrary woman…
- 2:01uh challenges to go too far not to go far enough and that's everything is like…
- 2:32so so that what the person's asking it certainly is a sign of a modesty but…
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