Why Do Religious Women Wear Dark Clothing?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

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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1. 0:00an online question from U somebody doesn't want to be wants to remain anonymous they uh…
2. 0:31issue um it's uh it's a hard question to answer uh but uh dark clothing is…
3. 1:01black clothing and that became the style and people are going that way a lot of…
4. 1:31that was that woman can't wear bright clothing and uh it's uh on the contrary woman…
5. 2:01uh challenges to go too far not to go far enough and that's everything is like…
6. 2:32so so that what the person's asking it certainly is a sign of a modesty but…

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