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Amalekim's disguise as Canaanites in Chukas
Rashi (in parshas Chukas perek 21 pasuk 1) says that Amalek attacked the Jews, and that the pasuk calls them Canaanites because the Amaleikim had learned the Canaanite language (so the Jews would pray ...
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Tearing keriyah for ladies mourning in public
Is it considered to be "un-tznius" (immodest) for ladies to tear keriyah (rip their clothes in mourning) in public?
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How can people who dress in “only” black lead tefillah, the Mishna warns us against those “machmir” about colors?
We learn in Mishnah Megillah 4:8 that if someone insists on wearing only one color when they pray we do not let them be the "shliach tzibor" (prayer leader).
This is because we suspect he is involved ...
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Colored underwear during seven clean days
I know that during the 7 clean days of the nidda / tahara cycle, a woman has to wear white underwear. However, in extenuating circumstances (such as spotting for many weeks), is it ever permissible to ...
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Wearing clothes backwards or inside out?
As a kid, I was told that if you wear clothing backwards or inside-out then you will forget your Torah learning. What is the source for that claim, and why is that specific outcome tied to that ...
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Maintaining Tzniut in Uncomfortable Social Situations
How can a teenage girl, who recently started practicing the laws of tzniut as well as feasible, balance those laws with the prohibition against embarrassing her family members, who are embarrassed to ...
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Can a mother undress in front of her daughter?
Can a married woman with children undress in front of her daughter to try on clothes assuming she would be in undergarments?
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Plastic gloves in Halacha
If someone touches something while wearing gloves (i.e. waterproof rubber gloves), does that halachically count as touching? Practical examples include:
Touching a neveilah, whether or not you ...
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What is the reason for V-neck Titzis?
When buying Tzitzis, I have seen that there are two types of garment:
A "round" neck (the hole has a racetrack shape).
A "V" neck (the hole for the neck has a diamond shape).
What is the reason ...
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What to wear when being oleh l'regel?
Chazal (berachos 54a and 62b) tell us that one cannot come in to the Temple with a walking stick or shoes. The gemara (ibid) explains that wearing shoes is a sign of disrespect for the holiness of the ...
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Clothing and shame, etymologically speaking
I have been unable to find an etymological connection between the root for shame בשש (especially as it turns into the forms of בושה בושת) and the word for "clothe" לבש. Shame was introduced in ...
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Why no procedure with birds, etc., for clothing tzaraas?
The Torah (Lev. 14:1-7) prescribes that when a person is healed of a tzaraas lesion, a kohen is to perform, as the first step in his purification, a procedure involving two birds and several other ...
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What was Moshe's “masveh”?
The Torah relates that Moshe donned a מסוה to hid the luminescence of his face, when addressing the community. What was the nature/appearance of this "masveh"?
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Moshe's Mask and Purim?
Is there a connection between Purim masks and the mask Moshe begins wearing at the end of Parshat Ki Tisa?
It seems too much of a coincidence that it's read near Purim for there to be none.
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Wearing hats and Jackets
I have heard lots of "anecdotal evidence" (which means Mashpiyim telling over what they heard at private Yechidusim [private audiences]) that the Lubavitcher Rebbe wanted people (or Bochurim) to wear ...
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If mixing red and blue thread for the Mishkan, why the purple thread too?
Throughout the construction of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and Bigdei Kodesh (holy clothing for the Kohanim), they use a mix of red, blue, and purple wool (plus [white?] linen, and in the case of the ...
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Should one ask a non-Jew attending synagogue to wear a yarmulke?
It says in Divrei HaRav (by R. Hershel Schachter, p143) that when they asked R. Aharon Kotler whether a non-Jewish secular studies teacher in a yeshiva should be asked to wear a yarmulke, he said he ...
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Is cross-dressing permitted on Purim and if so why?
As part of dressing in costume on Purim is a person allowed to put on clothes normally worn by the opposite gender? If so, where does this heter come from in the face of the biblical prohibition ...
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What are the sources for women to wear/ not wear pants?
I have heard that the argument is beged ish / kli gever, and I have heard people say that even if that was once a real reason for it it doesn't apply today for various reasons.
I understand that the ...
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Gap zip up sweatshirt Kesivah on Shabbos?
Does zippering up a sweatshirt like this one, which when zippering causes the letter A to become a letter create a problem of Kesivah on Shabbos? Is an Old Navy sweatshirt where the word Old is on one ...
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Where to find “gartel” strip for Tallis?
After many years of being folded and unfolded, my Tallis has begun fraying all along the main crease line. Unfortunately, it does not have that ornamental strip that some refer to as a "gartel," which ...
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Is the Mitzva of Tzitzit on the Gevra or the Cheftza?
Is the Mitzva of Tzitzit an obligation on the clothing or on the person?
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Are there any Halachic issues with regard to wearing earmuffs outside on Shabbos?
Does wearing earmuffs outside on Shabbos (without an eruv) constitute "carrying"? Are there any other issues with it, like wearing gloves where there is a concern that one might take them off?
Do ...
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What are the issues with wearing gloves on Shabbos?
I know that there are differing opinions on wearing gloves outside on Shabbos, and whether that constitutes carrying, or may lead to carrying. So, what are the halachic problems/concerns with wearing ...
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Need to treat a kippah respectfully?
Do we need to treat a kippah with more respect than a normal hat? I frisbeed a couple of kippahs across the room to a friend and he became indignant at me throwing them on the floor.
I remember as ...
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Nice clothes for Hanukkah
Is there a reason to wear special nice clothing on Hanukkah?
I would guess not as since there is no festive meal, it doesn't seem like it is a festive day.
Ideas anyone?
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Jeans as Hukot HaGoyim
Hukot HaGoyim in this case is something done specifically by gentiles and therefore it would be prohibited (see S"A Yoreh Deah 178). So my question is, would jeans fall under this category?
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Dangling tzitzit
Do tzitzit need to dangle? Can one use some velcro to pin the strings down along the side of the beged so that they don't dangle down and get in the way of things?
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Connecting sides of tallit to avoid chiyuv tzitzit
If I have a coat that is slit up the side rov of the way up so that it is chayav in tzitzit, if I sew on some buttons (snap? regular?) to keep it closed below rov, is it no longer chayav in tzitzit, ...
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Why wool and linen?
Shatnez is the prohibition of wearing clothing that contains both wool and linen.
I understand that the Torah tells us that the two materials are specfiically wool and linen, which is a perfectly ...
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How did Rivkah give Yackov Eisav's clothing? Borrowing without asking is stealing
How did Rivkah give Yackov Eisav's clothing without asking?
וַתִּקַּח רִבְקָה אֶת בִּגְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל הַחֲמֻדֹת אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבָּיִת וַתַּלְבֵּשׁ אֶת יַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן
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When and why did the black velvet yarmulke become the standard for some communities?
Ashkenazi yarmulkes from around 200 years ago closely resemble the Yerushalmi style - white knitted with a tassel on top. Today, the vast majority of Chasidim and Yeshivish Jews seem to wear black ...
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Am I allowed to wear a towel as a belt/scarf outside an Eiruv on Shabbos?
Many Mikvas do not provide towels for attendees, and require that people who go bring their own towels. If there is no Eiruv, one cannot carry it in a normal way, so many people "wear" it as a ...
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Esrog flax on woolen clothes
I haven't seen it in a few years, but esrogim used to come wrapped in flax. Or, at least, a yellowish, brownish, hairy substance people called "flax", which leads us to my first question:
Was it ...
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Why the difference in minhagim about wearing a kittel on Yom Kippur only, or also on Rosh Hashanah
My families minhag is to wear a kittel just on Yom Kippur (so I do). But in shul I see a number of folk with the minhag to wear it also on Rosh Hashanah.
I know it is related to Yom Hadin, and ...
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What happens at bedeken?
Wikipedia says both that the groom puts on the veil, and in a separate paragraph says he uncovers it. Which is it?
Does he put it on, lift it, and then drop it again?
Can he just lift it and ...
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Is there any restriction on what constitutes a veil for bedeken?
What can be considered a veil to be used in a bedeken at a wedding?
(See also my other related question)
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Why does each chasidut have its own distinct clothing?
Why does each chasidut have its own distinct clothing?
Google and Wikipedia only list different kinds of clothes, but they don't explain why.
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Should one avoid doing laundry on Motzei Shabbos?
Assuming it's not the nine days, is there a reason why one should not do laundry on Motzei Shabbos?
Recently I've been told by someone that he doesn't.
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Allowed Footwear in prayer
Is there a problem with wearing sandals or Crocs during Davening instead of regular footwear? What is the source for this issue and what is the reason for this issue?
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Must EMTs and others rend Kriyah each time they see a patient die?
I was looking at Yoreh De'ah 40:5 (יו"ד סימן ש"מ ס"ק ה) and Moed Katan 25b (כה עמוד ב), which require Kriyah (garment-rending) for all who are there at the time of death. It would seem to me that an ...
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Source for wearing special clothing on Rosh Chodesh
Is there a source for wearing somewhat festive clothes on Rosh Chodesh?
I have seen some people who hold this custom.
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How to Tear Kriyah
What is the proper procedure for tearing Kriyah (e.g. for Aveilus* or visiting the Kosel)?
* May we never have to do so
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Male tzniut: Swimwear
Seeing as summer is coming, I thought I'd clear up a few questions about male tzniut with regards to swimwear. Namely, my real question is: what is required? I live in southern California, so outside ...
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How does an outsider know how to dress for a particular Orthodox community?
Standards of dress (at least for women) aren't nearly as consistent within Orthodoxy as we might wish. Wearing exactly the same halachically-correct clothing I have been under-dressed in some places ...
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the dress of the followers of Harav Kook
Harav Kook was basically a litai, and dressed like one and even had a shtreimel.
Today his followers and talmidim from his yeshiva don't even use any kind of suit (long or short) or hat and even make ...
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Tying a Tie on Shabbos
How should one tie a tie on Shabbos (or yom tov) so that it doesn't have any knot problems?
In other words there are lots of ways to tie a tie. I was wondering which of these are okay for use on ...
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In what garb does a Jew get buried?
According to some, Jewish people get buried in a Kittel. Is there a difference in the Halacha if the Kittel is pure linen or not?
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Wearing a Kittel at the Seder
I grew up with my father wearing a Kittel at the Seder. My father wore a Kittel at the Seder immediately from when he got married. Over the years I have heard that some people do not wear a Kittel the ...
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Is Cross dressing allowed on purim [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is cross-dressing permitted on Purim and if so why?
Normally cross dressing is against Halacha is it allowed on Purim?
