Tearing keriyah for ladies mourning in public

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Is it considered to be "un-tznius" (immodest) for ladies to tear keriyah (rip their clothes in mourning) in public?

That's not a reason to do a full rollback whereby you also lose the explanation and appropriate tags. Just edit the word tear back in if you want. — Double AA, Jun 19 '12 at 14:56
@AdamMosheh typically frum women are wearing more than one layer. they tear the top layer — SAH, Aug 07 '18 at 22:12

Double AA · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-20T21:24:22.703

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The Shulchan Aruch rules (YD 340:11) that women and men have an equal obligation in terms of keri'a, but that women should turn their undershirt around after tearing it before tearing her overshirt. Furthermore, in :15 he rules that a woman who performed keri'a is allowed to perform a non-professional stitch-up immediately after tearing, whereas a man would have to wait 30 days to do so when tearing for his parents.

edited Jun 20 '12 at 21:24

answered Jun 19 '12 at 04:02

Double AA

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Why shouldn't men do the same? Modesty is for both genders. – Adam Mosheh Jun 19 '12 at 14:56
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@AdamMosheh Modesty is for both genders and each gender has a different way of being modest. – Double AA Jun 19 '12 at 14:57
@AA - But why should men be less modest than women? – Adam Mosheh Jun 19 '12 at 15:03
@AdamMosheh Not less. Different. – Double AA Jun 19 '12 at 15:04
@AA - Please explain why not less, then. – Adam Mosheh Jun 19 '12 at 15:05
@AdamMosheh I'm not sure what you want exactly but I see no reason why one should be less than the other. So...not less. – Double AA Jun 19 '12 at 15:06
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@AdamMosheh Because women have breasts, and men don't. So a tear in the top would be immodest for women only. – Feb 13 '13 at 11:29

Tearing keriyah for ladies mourning in public

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