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Title: Prostitution Behind the Veil (documentary) Iran
Post by: Tag-MehirTzedek on February 13, 2013, 03:48:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmK2Xyveio

Title: Re: Prostitution Behind the Veil (documentary) Iran
Post by: muman613 on February 13, 2013, 04:54:38 PM

In the times of the 12 sons of Jacob it was the norm for all prostitutes to cover their faces...

http://www.torahinmotion.org/discussions-and-blogs/vayeshev-and-yehuda-went-down

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"And Yehuda saw her [his daughter-in-law Tamar], and he thought she was a harlot, because her face was covered" (38:15). Presumably, covering one's face was not the norm, and Tamar's doing so raised suspicion that she likely had something to hide.