אהבה |
Fashion Frenzy’s mission is to promote love and care for others.When we were assigned to design an article of clothing based on מצות בין אדם לחבירו, we immediately thought of creating a sweatshirt dress. We believe that a person is the most at ease with their best friend. The comfort shared between friends is so warm, like a big cozy sweatshirt. The dress would be extremely comfortable because in essence, it's a giant sweatshirt! The sweatshirt dress would fall at the knees, and have dolphin tail cuts and rounded edges on both sides. The dress would also have a hoodie with drawstrings attached in order to adjust the hood to the wearer's preference. The front would have a double entrance pocket across the lower abdomen. An inch and half above the pockets would be the phrase, "don't h8." It's a modern, fun twist on the well known phrase, and would be very aesthetically pleasing.
The dress would be available in the color baby pink, because that's a bright cheerful color that puts the onlooker at ease, and is satisfying to the eye. The written phrase would be in white. Another color it would be available in is maroon, as maroon is a warm inviting color, like receiving a hug from your best friend. The ספר החינות says whatever you want done to yourself, you should do to others. שורש המצוה ידוע, כי כמו שיעשה הוא בחבירו כן יעשה חבירו בו, ובזה יהיה שלום בין הבריות Basically, whatever you do for others will happen to you. If you are nice to others, the kindness will be reciprocated. This is a huge concept in יהדות; whatever you want done to you, you should do it for someone else. If you want to have friends, go talk to the shy girl in the corner, make them feel included. Also, you can sit with a different group of girls during lunch, and expand your horizons. Perhaps you can go get your best friend a matching sweatshirt dress! You can match while looking cute, comfortable, seniut, and spread positivity, all at the same time. |
שנאה
Fashion Frenzy We created a day-to-night outfit to represent שנאה. The night outfit consists of an asymmetrical black skirt with fringes and a red top with metal holes. The day outfit is a wool skirt which is beige but has a few pop colors in it. On the bottom of the skirt are triangular holes which are made of metal too. This night outfit is an asymmetrical black skirt with fringes made out of cotton material. The reason we made it assymetrical is because the skirt looks a little off, and when hating someone that's off as well. After all, that is the reason why בית המקדש השני was destroyed. אבן עזרא: הפך "ואהבת לרעך כמוך" והנה אלה המצות כולם נטועות בלב, ובהשמרם ישבו בארץ, כי על שנאת חנם חרב בית שני. The fringes represent rips and tears in the heart that are caused by the burning hating feelings. מסכת ערכין דף טז: "בלבבך" , שנאה שבלב הכתוב מדבר The shirt is a red top with metal holes with a black shell underneath. Metal is cold when brought to your skin. Being “cold hearted” has no place within כלל ישראל. ספר החינוך מצוה רלח: שרוש המצוה ידוע כי שנאת הלב גורמת רעות גדולות בין בני אדם להיות תמיד חרב איש באחיו ואיש ברעהו, והוא הסיבה לכל המסירות הנעשות בין אנשים, והיא המדה הפחותה והנמאסת תכלית המיאוס בעיני כל בעל שכל. ספר החינוך tells us not to hate from our heart, to avoid becoming an“Ice Queen”. We added a black cotton shell under the red metal top to create a barrier between the frigid metal and your sensitive skin. "Stop the Hate". We need to prevent having hatred in our hearts, because eventually it will lead to worse. ספר הליכות עולם: אדם שמרגיש שנאה על חבירו הרי יש בלבו מדת השנאה, ואסור להשאיר מדה זאת בקרבו, אלא חייב להסיר מנפשו מדת השנאה. והיא המדה שגורמת הרבה עבירות כמו לשון הרע ורכילות ונקמה ונטירה. The day outfit we created is a beige wool skirt with a few pop colors in it. On the bottom of the skirt are triangular metal holes. The shirt is a fitted black bodysuit with an opening from the neck and connected by a choker. Through the holes on the beige skirt, you can see skin. We should learn from this that we should work hard to see through people's eyes as to what a person is feeling or why they did the thing they did before hating them. ספר הליכות עולם: לא אסרה תורה אלא שנאת חנם, ומהו "חנם", כל ששונא שנאה אישית מחמת עצמו של אדם. מסכת ערכין writes that hatred is a feeling in one’s heart. It's better to outwardly hate someone than to hold your hatred in your heart and bottle it up. |
מלבין את פני חבירו
Fall 2016: Distressed black jeans is paired with a red cardigan and white shirt that is a choked and cut out by the collar bone. Accessorizing the outfit is a choker and hat. The distressed black jeans represent someone who becomes embarrassed by a second party. It is as if they are put into a state of distress. ספר לרעך כמוך: על כל אדם להשמר ולכלכל את מעשיו באופן שלא יתגלגלו מהם הכלמה או צער לאדם מישראל The red cardigan matches the color of one’s face when shamefaced, mortified, or humiliated during the תוכחה process. רמב"ם הלכות דעות פרק ו: המוכיח את חבירו תחלה ולא ידבר לו קשות עד שיכלימנו שנאמר ולא תשא עליו חטא, כך אמרו חכמים יכול אתה מוכיחו ופניו משתנות ת"ל ולא תשא עליו חטא, מכאן שאסור לאדם להכלים את ישראל וכל שכן ברבים The white shirt is choked and cut out by the collar bone near the heart, because when someone embarrases you it is as if they have cut open your heart and killed you. The choker personifies the inner suffocation one feels when ashamed. It’s as if you killed him. מסכת בבא מציעא דף נח: כל המלבין פני חבירו ברבים כאילו שופך דמים Peace amongst בני אדם is represented by the white shirt, the color of a dove, a sign of peace. It is a lofty goal to wish peace amongst the world, but it must be done. מסכת פאה: אלו דברים שאין להם שיעור. הפאה, והבכורים והראיון, וגמילות חסדים, ותלמוד תורה. אלו דברים שאדם אוכל פרותיהן בעולם הזה והקרן קימת לעולם הבא. כבוד אב ואם, וגמילות חסדים, והבאת שלום בין אדם לחבירו ותלמוד תורה כנגד כולם. We also made a hat to block out the negative vibes that can occur when rebuked by one who is not בקיא in the laws of תוכחה. The רמב”ם states to avoid embarrassing your friend at all costs, even when you are giving him/her advice to better themselves. תוכחה must be done with respect and honor. רמב"ם הלכות דעות פרק ו: ידבר לו בנחת ובלשון רכה ויודיעו שאינו אומר לו אלא לטובתו להביאו לחיי עולם הבא |
תוכחה
Use silk materials you give rebuke in a nice voice. When u rebuke someone you do it out of love so we made a sweater with heat on its elbows cause your wearing your heart on your sleeves.