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If I’m not mistaken, there is a din that one must dress for davening as if he was standing in front of a king. I guess nowadays that would translate as how one would dress if he was meeting the President of the United States of America or the Prime Minister of Medinas Yisroel. The problem is, is that I think there is also a halachah that one must dress nicer for Shabbos than for the rest of the week. Now, if I was meeting President Obama or Prime Minister Netanyahu, I would wear my Shabbos best. Is that what I should wear for davening? If so, what should I wear for Shabbos?
What you would wear to a simcha?!?!?! No need to create a tower of chumras, Rav Moshe Feinstein advises against this when he gives a teshuva on whether one is allowed to put ketchup on chicken on shabbos (which kinda has to do with this…).
Assuming you do not wear denim, sweatpants, or work out pants in public on a typical day when you aren’t working out, you have nothing to worry about.
I am guessing that you are a baal teshuva.
What do you wear if Obama invites you for Shabbos?
Just out of curiousity
What was the Shaila about Catsup on Chicken
ZD,
Ketchup seems to be considered a liquid, which is assur to reheat on Shabbos; it’s considered bishul according to some opinions.
A solid food such as chicken, is still considered a kli rishon (which causes bishul) when hot, according to some opinions, even after being transferred.
It follows that it should be assur to put ketchup on chicken, but R’ Moshe permits it, because there are opposing opinions on both issues, and we don’t need to be machmir on both halachos simultaneously.
I went away to the seaside with a couple of friends, and we were **lively** to say the least – most of my friends didn’t feel it necessary to bring any clothes which wouldn’t embarrass anyone who knew them, like crazy t-shirts, walking in the street with dressing gowns and hats that could put a circus to shame.
We wanted to know if we could daven in such clothes, and more specifically — is it better to wear a funny hat or no hat at all?
In the discussion, somebody brought in Crocs – of any colour – which could be classified as not suitable for tefillah. Yet most people i know where such shoes of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year.
Then we decided that there is no proof from there – if the halachah is to wear slippers, then it is not disrespectful, because that is what the Torah wants. On a day, however, when Yeshiva Bochurim like us walk around formally dressed with normally black polished shoes, it may be a bit of a ????? to wear Crocs.
(Somebody said that in the “Yeshiva-bochurim-on-holiday-matzav”, the dress code there WAS the norm, but I don’t know how reliable that was)
In today’s day & age, wearing a necktie is more important than a jacket & hat.
Someone in a hat alone, or a hat & jacket without a tie, looks slovenly, which is totally inappropriate when addressing the Melech Malchei haMelochim.
i mean, as someone who had to wear a school uniform last year, I had to daven while wearing it. But I would never wear my school uniform on shabbos.
If you are referring to Crocks then I’ll tell you how feel about it.
I think not only is it disgusting your going in to “Baal Tishaktzu”
People are just lazy to go get their shoes and walk in to shul with crocks.
And I’m not talking about someone with foot problems.
When I go to davening during the week, I make sure to dress appropriately. Even if it’s a Sunday where I was doing housework, and was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, I’ll change for davening into a nice button-down shirt and regular pants.
On Shabbos, I wear a suit and white shirt. The white shirt is my item that is special for Shabbos. I won’t wear one during the week unless it’s for a special occasion.
OnlyTheTruth: I have foot problems and even though I can still wear normal shoes, I am tired of wearing gym shoes to shul, so I bought crocs that happened to be flats as well. I feel that the ones people usually wear that are not designed as nice looking flats are not appropriate for shul. Even the flats that have room for the Jibbitz are not appropriate for shul.
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