Jul 27, 2026 · 39 min · 9 segments
The importance of tznius is often expressed to women, but less so to men. The Rebbe explains the importance of modesty, and emphasizes that its rules apply to men just as women. Bonus: A deep-dive…
This is Igris, and today we are going to discuss tznias, modesty, for men in general, and the rep's position specifically on men wearing shorts.
It is a timely discussion, given that we're in the summer right now and men do like to break out those shorts.
It is also a discussion that is a long time coming, because I'm asked very often, especially by seminary students, why it seems like the entire tznias discussion is always about women covering up and never about men.
I'm I wanted to give you a bit of a halakhic introduction before we start the letters, and mainly sikhahs, which we will see today in Mirtza Hashem.
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