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Frummer than the Chafetz Chaim

July 10, 2008 11:48

A few months ago I wrote about how "modesty has moved from being about modest clothing to being about keeping women, and images of women, away from men."

Here's the latest example. A historic picture of the great sage, the Chafetz Chaim, sitting in front of a building with two women standing behind him has had the women in the photo removed. Admittedly, I don't know when the Photoshopping took place, but the doctored pic was sent out recently by an American yeshivah as part of its fundraising efforts.

Surely, if the Chafetz Chaim didn't mind the women milling around him, it shouldn't be a problem for us to see a fuzzy picture of the event? Or are we 'frummer' than the Chafetz Chaim nowdays?

 

July 10, 2008 11:48

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