Editing Woman (Isha) (section)

== Tznius and Public Honor ==
The Rebbe's response to a woman asking about going to work: The main role of a married Jewish woman is to be a proper homemaker, meaning managing the home in general and especially raising and educating children, which also aligns with "all the glory of the king's daughter is within."

They barely permitted working outside - when it's in Jewish education, since women have a special maternal feeling for children and therefore their influence is greater and deeper, or - to free the husband (who is constantly engaged in Torah study) from necessary livelihood worries, or - when the husband's efforts in providing for the family, despite his efforts as written "her food and clothing he shall not diminish," are insufficient and he needs his wife's help in supporting the home.

There are several roles related to mitzvos that women cannot fill for reasons of tznius and public honor.

A woman cannot receive an aliyah to the Torah due to "kavod hatzibur" (public honor). Similarly, a woman cannot be a shaliach tzibur or serve as a chazanit. The Mishnah prohibits a woman from being a teacher to avoid meeting with students' fathers, which could lead to impropriety. However, the Rebbe encouraged women and girls in our generation to work in education, stating this is because women have a special maternal feeling for children, making their influence greater and deeper.