Tznius - The Rebbe's Insights - Part 2

00:00 The in reference to the earlier installment regarding the Rebbe's insights on tznius, we continue now with installment number two, discussing an additional sicha which the Rebbe delivered during a farbrengen on the twelfth of Tammuz, תשח, 1963. The occasion was marking the liberation, the Yom HaGeulah of the previous Rebbe when he was incarcerated in prison in Russia in 1927, and on י"ג Tammuz he was informed and was released from Kostroma, from his exile, and he was free to come home. In the sicha, the Rebbe mentions the following as it is translated here in English. "The time has arrived before the summer when we need to discuss primarily and primarily." It is-- seems to be a repetition, but basically, this is what the Rebbe said, actually, "בעיקר ובעיקר," which means primarily and primarily the matter of tznius, plus the focus on the particulars about tznius of garments, their appropriate length. Material should not be transparent, but rather a garment which covers and conceals the body. How vital is tznius? Rebbe continues, "This is understood from the commandment, 'קְדֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ כִּי קָדֹשׁ אֲנִי.' You should be holy because I, the Almighty, your God, is holy." When a Yid conducts oneself with tznius, a Yid has the potential to compare oneself to the Almighty, to the sanctity of the Almighty. As the Magid of Mezritch explained that by comparing, you should be holy with because I, Hashem, the Almighty, your God, is holy, this teaches us that by you should be holy, tznius, dressing modestly, we become closer and

02:24 connect to Hashem, your God is holy, כי קדוש אני. This relates to men and women because the laws of tznius and long garments, et cetera, are relevant to men and women alike. We will and continue in the next installment.