22:5 ה לֹא-יִהְיֶה כְלִי-גֶבֶר עַל-אִשָּׁה, וְלֹא-יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה: כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְרוָר אֱלֹקֶיךָ, כָּל-עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה It says “Loi Yilbash
Gever Simlas Isha” A man is not allowed to wear the Beged of a woman. It
becomes a Nichshal on Purim when little children are dressed as the other
gender, which is Sheloi K’din. Even for Ketanim it is a Shaila of an Issur
D’oiraisa. Let’s say I have to go out and it is raining, can I take an umbrella
that everyone would say was made for a woman? Is this included in Loi Yilbash?
The Shittas Habach has an extraordinary Kullah and he holds that unless your
Kavana is to pretend you are a woman you may wear women’s clothing. His Raya
is, one of the things that are Assur is to look into a mirror. This is from the
time of the Rishoinim when men didn’t look into mirrors. The Shulchan Aruch
says it is Assur for a man to look into a mirror because of Loi Yilbash. Rav
Akiva Eiger brings that nowadays is different, in that men also look into a
mirror. Toisafos in Maseches Avoidah Zarah 29a D’H Hamistapeir Mei’oived
Koichavim Roi’eh B’mar’eh says that if someone is getting a haircut by a Goy,
he is allowed to have a mirror because we are Choi’shed Goyim for lifting
weapons against Yidden when getting haircuts. This is like the Bach because he
is not looking into the mirror to look like a woman. The Chochmas Adam in Binas
Adam Ois 74 says the Bach is incorrect. One of the Issurim is for a woman to
wear K’lei Zayin, arms. We find by Ya’el who killed Sisra, in Shoiftim 5:26,
when she killed him with a peg of a tent, that Chazal say that was because she
didn’t want to use Kley Zayin because of Kli Gever. She didn’t do it because
she thought someone would think that she was trying to be a man? Clearly it is
Assur. What about the Raya of looking in a mirror? The Chochmas Adam says there
are 2 types of Loi Yilbash Gever Simlas Isha. One is when you wear a Malbush
Gamur. A Malbush that you are wearing is always Assur, no matter what your
Kavana is. Something that is not a Malbush, like for example looking into a
mirror, since it has to do with how a person looks, Chazal understood to Assur
that as well. So when it comes to wearing the arms of a rifle or a sword, that
is something that is worn, and something that is worn, the Lashon of the Gemara
is, Sheloi Teitzei Isha Bichlei Zayin Lamilchamah. If it is being carried and
not worn than if there is no Kavana to dress like the other gender it is
Muttar. The example given is a cane, where even if it is a woman’s cane a man
can use it because it is not worn. This is a Heter to use a woman’s umbrella,
because it is not worn and the Kavana is not to look like a woman. A woman
would be able to carry a revolver as well. By clothing we don’t Pasken like the
Bach and therefore, we can’t wear clothing of the opposite gender. However, we
can rely on the Bach when it comes to carrying things that were meant for the
other gender.
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