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May my wife wear my jacket to keep warm?
From Rav Aviner's tshuvot (text)
Wearing Wife's Jacket in the Cold
Q: Is it permissible for a husband to wear his wife's jacket if he is
cold, or is it forbidden on account of "Lo Yilbash" (...
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What do I do if I do not have nice clothes to wear when visiting an Orthodox synagogue?
You are a very responsible and respectful person for inquiring about whether wearing your current clothes would be disrespectful or not to the synagogue. I really have to hand it to you, not everyone ...
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Is a Keffiyeh chayav tzitzit?
Shulkhan Arukh, OC 10:10 explicitly rules that a turban is exempt from tzitzit, even if it covers the majority of the wearer's body.
מִצְנֶפֶת פְּטוּרָה, אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁל אַרְצוֹת הַמַּעֲרָב שֶׁב' ...
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Is it problematic to own and use a SwissGear bag, due to the "plus" logo?
Per Rabbi David Sperling it is not problematic to own or use a Swiss gear bag.
The use of the cross - which is of course a Christian symbol - is
widely discussed in halacha. When the cross is one ...
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Where is it taught that you can't sleep with socks
The Gemara (Yoma 78b) writes that one who sleeps with shoes on, 'has tasted a taste of death', and since tasting death is probably not a good thing, some poskim write that sleeping with shoes on ...
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Why can men wear pants if pants are immodest?
Although the real answer to your question would be found in the Double AA's answer, it's worth noting that there was at least one authority who did believe that pisuk raglayim was an issue for men as ...
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What is the black pin called that mourners wear?
There is a Jewish practice to tear one's clothes when in mourning. In recent times, it has become common for non-Orthodox Jews to tear a black ribbon pinned to their clothes rather than the clothes ...
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Can I stitch a label with my personal info in my shabbes clothes?
Shmiras Shabbas Ke'Hilchasa (18:44) writes that one may walk into a Reshus HaRabbim with an identification label that is sewn or stuck to one's garment.
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Impure baseball cap?
Excrement and urine of a live animal (and in fact anything except an entire limb from a live animal) are not ritually impure, and thus don't affect your hat. (Rambam Avot HaTumah 2:3)
As an aside, ...
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Did each Kohen Gadol wear his predecessor's garments?
Rambam, Hilchot Klei HaMikdash 8:5:
כָּל בֶּגֶד מִבִּגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ צוֹאִין אֵין מְלַבְּנִין אוֹתָן וְאֵין מְכַבְּסִין אוֹתָן אֶלָּא מַנִּיחָן לִפְתִילוֹת וְלוֹבֵשׁ חֲדָשִׁים. ...
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Can you say berachot in your underwear?
This article summarizes the rules of dress for both men and women required for saying brachot. There are footnotes to sources, as well. Excerpts:
Another aspect of “holiness” when saying a bracha is ...
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The history of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi's outfit
This did not start with the post Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. Nor did it start with Ovadia Yosef. Rabbis throughout the orient wore this type of garb regularly, as their dress reflected the ...
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Where can I buy a Yeshivish fedora online?
I've never used them, but friends of mine have ordered from https://www.yeshivishhats.com/. The home page says that their price is $55.
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Immodesty in artificial pictures
Iggros Moshe Even Haezer 1:69 applies the prohibition of seeing immodestly dressed women/men to seeing inappropriate behavior, with the reasoning that the problem is the thought process it instigates. ...
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Can I cut to my kippah to make it smaller?
A kippah is not a sacred garment. (The Star-K had found people putting worn-out kippahs in a disposal box intended for worn-out scrolls, which must be buried. So they had to mention that a worn-out ...
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Wearing special clothes in public while in niddah- isn't this a lack of tznius?
R. Moshe Feinstein has a responsum (Igrot Moshe Y.D. 2:77) with the following question from R. Avraham Chaim Levin:
הנה במקום שיש אחרים רואין אם יש דיני הרחקות באשתו נדה שמסתפק כתר"ה דאולי יש ...
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Why didn't the Kohanim wear Tzizis?
First of all, to clarify what the question is/should be, there's no obligation to wear tzitzis under normal circumstances, unless one is wearing a four cornered garment. Hence, the fact that tzitzis ...
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Hassidim and white shirt
Hassidim generally wear three types of shirts:
A regular white dress shirt.
As above, but with reversed buttoning, i.e. right-over-left. Pocket remains on left side of the chest. Basically identical ...
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Can I have a linen lining in a wool jacket?
This issue is a dispute of Rishonim.
The Rash to Kilayim 9:1 says the wool and linen must touch to be prohibited.
The Rambam (Kilayim 10:3) holds even if they are not touching, as long as they are in ...
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Are shoes with Velcro straps like shoes with laces or without?
Rabbi Menashe Klein Zatzal in Mishna Halachos 13:3 in discussing shoes with a zipper concludes that it is best to close the zipper in the same order one would tie his shoes.
I would conclude from ...
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Why can men wear pants if pants are immodest?
It seems to me that the answer to your question is that a man's spreading his legs is not as suggestive a position as the posture isn't reminiscent of intercourse (where a woman's spreading her legs ...
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Does a mourner tear one garment, or every garment he wears for a period of time?
Shulchan Arukh YD 340:14
על כל המתים אם בא להחליף תוך ז' ימים מחליף ואינו קורע על אביו ואמו אם מחליף תוך ז' קורע כל הבגדים שהוא מחליף ואינו מאחה לעולם כמו בפעם הראשון.
Upon any [ordinary] ...
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Would it be considered disrespectful to wear an Islamic styled cap as a Kippah?
The goal is to cover the head. While it might be considered improper to wear a baseball hat in synagogue (though I have seen it) the religious obligation to cover the head would be fulfilled. In terms ...
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Are Tallis and Tefillin considered beged ish?
The Targum Yonasan to the verse prohibiting a woman to wear men's gear says specifically it includes Tallis and Tefilin. However, that doesn't seem to be the prevailing opinion. The Aruch HaShulchan ...
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Is there a source for the Kallah Bride wearing white in Torah?
Nitei Gavriel Nisuin 1 15:1:4 mentions this Minhag in the name of Maharam Mintz, Likutei Maharich and Shulchan Haezer. He mentions that some Chasidim do not wear total white as it is Chukas Hagoyim.
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What clothes do the members of Neturei Karta wear? Why?
There is no Neturei Karta dress code:
Each member dresses according to his custom or preference. That being said, many are very religious and seek a old fashioned outwards appearance. Therefore, many ...
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Can Hashem see under our covers?
A friend of mine asked R' Tzvi Berkowitz this question. The response was that Hashem can see through your clothes also. The point is to be tzanua from the perspective of Man, in which being covered ...
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Shabbat afternoon, when lounging on the couch, is it OK to wear sweatpants?
The Mishna Berura writes that one needs to honor shabbos with clean clothes. At the same time, in discussing the concept of oneg shabbos in regards to food, he says that while it is a custom to have ...
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Hassidim and their socks
You cannot determine sect solely by the socks, but often you can tell something based on the socks. Combining sock style with hat/jacket/girdle/shoe/glasses/shirt style will narrow things down even ...
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Why don’t Sheretzs made into a Streimel convey tumah?
Once a hide is tanned, even a bit, it no longer conveys impurity (Chullin 9:2).
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