Tznius - The Rebbe's Insights: Part 4

00:00 This is BeHeMshech in reference to the earlier installments where we discussed the Rebbe's insights on tznius, dressing modestly. We now continue with installment number four, discussing a thought of the Rebbe which was delivered during a farbrengen, a Hasidic gathering, on the twelfth of Tammuz, תשכ"ג, that is summer nineteen sixty-three. It is based on the unique aspect of tznius by women as quoted in Tehillim in the Psalms, chapter forty-five, verse fourteen: "kol kvuda bas melech penimah," the glory of a princess comes from within. The Rebbe said the following, this is a free translation from Yiddish: tznius applies to both men and women. However, there's a difference, and that is in the uniqueness and a maale quality in the tznius of the woman since the following verse is to be fulfilled: the glory of the princess comes from within. Particularly as the woman has the quality of beauty as explained in Chassidus and Kabbalah in a practical sense, therefore, it is understood that tznius relates primarily to women. It is self-understood that since ein HaKadosh Baruch Hu bo betrunya im briyasef, that the Almighty does not make tyrannical and unreasonable demands of his creatures. Therefore, as a greater measure of tznius is demanded of women, they are given greater strength and exceptional strength to overcome this war with the yetzer hara who challenges them. Since this is demanded of a bas melech, a daughter of a king, it is understood that she has special strength to implement the glory of a princess comes from within, in herself,

02:07 in the management of her home, in her husband, in her brother, and in her sons and daughters, that they conduct themselves likewise as mentioned above. We will, im yirtze Hashem, continue in the next installment.