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>>>Do you agree with Neville CB’s response to my question to you about tznius?
No. It was simply a cruel accusation where he expressed his anger against Chabad.
There is indeed an issue in Crown Heights with tzniyus, and I honestly have no explanation, and there can be no justification.
It definitely has no basis in the Chabad ideology, as the Rebbe was a big fighter for tzniyus.
There are countless sichos and letters of the Rebbe where he states and explains how the true honor for a Jewish woman is tzniyus, and כל כבודה בת מלך פנימה, and how this is the צינור for all the brachos for the family.
There are sichos where the Rebbe praises new innovations and chumros in tzniyus that didn’t exist before.
The accusation that Chabad refuses to admonish their own due to their “elitism” is nonsense, and reminds me of antisemitic tropes. Look online, and you will find many strong מחאות by chabad rabbanim as well as נשי חב”ד organizations, and projects to publicize tzniyus policies in Crown Heights.
If the issue persists, the only reason I can think of is that different people, communities, and neighborhoods are given different yitzrei harah.
I cannot give you a theory as to why people in Crown Heights have this yetzer harah more than people in Williamsburg, as I’m not in the business of spiritual anthropology.