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Man can Dress up in like a Woman on Purim? Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

926 views · Apr 2, 2014

Rabbi Chaim Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers questions on Purim and other Jewish topics in a live session.

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a purim question how come with the torah states you cannot like dress as the opposite sex but however when people dress for purim they do in some cases so how did the custom of dressing up for purim start well it's not accepted by all authorities to do so by the way some authorities say even the poor me should not do it most people accept the uh the authority which is more uh the authority which is more uh uh accepting because the terrorist says a man should not put a woman's clothes once enough for the men's clothes because to eva it brings to abominable x and that is by dressing like a woman a man wants to go to make himself look like a woman and be with them and then have connection with them in a way they shouldn't not permissible he wants to just we have a way to get to be with them we have today it's a law against it there's a and then

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  2. 0:33the authority which is more uh uh accepting because the terrorist says a man should not…
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  4. 1:34it so therefore he said purim which people are just doing it for simcha without doing…
  5. 2:04improper actions but important one more question i'm sorry one more purim question they tell you…
  6. 2:34drinking is forbidden to drink and that's maybe some people make that mistake but it's not…

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