Darn it! Frummer isn’t necessarily better. The concept of “crazy frum” is a valid one. No one mocks other religious Jews. It’s the nut balls who are, in effect, inventing they own religion who are risible and frankly deserving of mockery. My Rav always said that before one adds chumrahs, one should make sure that he is being m’kayeim all S’A as written. Once you’ve satisfied the Beis Yosef and the Ramah, then you can add stuff. In the example given, if the halacha is that a woman’s knee should be covered, then a skirt 4″ below the knee isn’t “frummer”, it’s just a style. If that particular woman thinks that she is, somehow, demonstrating greater devotion to G-d and Torah, she is mistaken.
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