The holy faith of reformed samaritanism

The dress code of a godly woman 
There is a beautiful Jewish story (Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 47a) about Shim’on, the son of a woman named
Kimchit. The former went out to speak to a king on the eve of Yom Kippur, and a drop of saliva sprayed from
[the king’s] mouth onto [Shim’on’s] garments. Thereby, Shim’on became impure, so that his brother Yehudah
entered and served as the high priest in his stead. Thus, their mother [Kimchit] had the honor of witnessing
two of her sons [serve as] high priests on the same day. 
In fact, Kimchit had seven sons; and all of them served in the position of high priest. The sages sent [a
question to her] and asked: “What good deeds have you done [lit. have in your possession, in order to merit
such a great honor]?” She answered them: “May [evil] befall me if, in my days, the beams of my house saw
the hair of my head or the seams of my tunic (undergarment)”. They said [about Kimchit]: “All flour is flour,
but the flour of Kimchit is fine flour”. And they applied to her the verse that goes on to say: “All her glory—
the daughter of a king—is inside and her raiment is of golden settings” (Psalms 45:14). 
In short, Kimchit [correctly] assumed that a mother’s modest behavior positively affects the outcome of her
progeny. Thus, all God fearing women are called to dress in a chaste and modest fashion, in order to bring
honor and blessings upon their households. 
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Hebrew Scripture and idolatry 
Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 103b) says that Rabbi Nathan taught there were three Roman miles between 
Gareb (the town where Micah erected his idol) and Shiloh (where the altar of God was located). This 
distance was short enough that the smoke from the altar in Shiloh, and that of Micah's idol, mixed with each 
other. 
When the Ministering Angels wanted to finish off Micah, The Holy One of Israel rebuked them, saying: “Let 
him be, since his bread is available to the wayfarers! (As the passage in Judges 17: 9-11 intimates)”. So, 
when it comes to idolatry, it seems like deeds of loving kindness are effective in appeasing the wrath of Ha-
Shem. On the other hand, it would be wrong not to condemn idolatry. 
Why? Because of Micah’s idol in Gareb [which his neighbors permitted], the death penalty was visited upon 
many men of Israel who fought the tribe of Benjamin to avenge the concubine in Gibeah (in the initial 
battles, the men of Israel lost forty thousand of their number- see judges 20:21 & 20:25). The Holy One 
(blessed be He) said to the men of Israel: “For my Honor [tarnished by Micah’s idol], you put up no fight, but
for a woman’s honor, you did”