Individuality

 
    Why do Torah girls feel they have to dress a certain way to be labeled as modest? Wearing ankle length skirts, dresses, and head coverings, aren't the only way to dress. You can wear a shorter skirt or dress with leggings and still look modest. We also don't have to wear head coverings. So don't let anyone make you feel obligated to wear one. No where in the Old Testament does YHVH command us to wear them. The only person who says we should is Paul, but YHVH didn't give Paul the authority to tell married women or single women to wear them. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against married women choosing to wear them. But I feel its unacceptable for anyone to make a young unmarried woman wear one. The single girls are also starting to force the head covering issue on other single girls.

  There's also nothing wrong with T.O. girls dying their hair, piercing their ears,   wearing makeup, having short hair, or painting their nails.  But when a T.O. girl walks in wearing any of this, she's stared at, is given looks, and labeled as a worldly girl. Yes, non T.O. girls do all of those things, but those girls take it to extreme measures. A girl wearing a shorter dress with leggings, highlights in short hair, pierced ears, and makeup, should feel accepted. Not like a piece of art being gawked at, by unaccepting art viewers.  We want to attract non T.O. people to Torah. But we can't do that if we're constantly judging each other on what we look like, or do.  W.W.Y.D. What Would Yeshua Do?  

  This post was not written to offend any married or single women who wear the ankle length skirts, dresses, and head coverings. But to let those who don't, feel empowered to brake the conformity mold.