Is this really what we call a mitzvah?
A kallah, on the holiest day of her life, is paraded in front of over a thousand chassidim—her face covered, yes, but her dignity exposed. And in this particular clip, it’s her own father spinning her around, making her visibly dizzy. Is this what we mean by tznius?
We hear constant preaching about modesty, about preserving dignity. But where is the modesty in turning a sacred moment into a spectacle? Covering her face doesn’t erase the humiliation—it amplifies it. It’s as if she’s being reduced to a prop in a performance, not honored as a bride.
And the most troubling part? The kallah likely doesn’t even feel humiliated. That’s the tragedy. When a culture normalizes public discomfort and calls it holiness, the ability to recognize what’s inappropriate gets lost.
Let’s be honest: if this happened in any other society, we’d be outraged. But because it’s cloaked in religious ritual, we stay silent. It’s time to ask ourselves—are we preserving tradition, or are we distorting it?
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