Return to Cross-Dressing and DragFurther explanation of Rashi's commentsIn his commentary to our Torah verse, Rashi is following the opinion in the Talmud—that wearing the clothing of another gender is only prohibited if it is for the purpose of falsifying your identity. Rashi's interpretation then further narrows the prohibition: one must not falsify one's identity in order to seduce someone. Here Rashi further clarifies the point that clothing in and of itself is not the central issue. According to Rashi, the term to'evah used in our Torah verse refers to the acts that might arise from costumes used for tricking others into non-consensual sexual relations. |