Reply To: Hats and jackets in the street

I will go back to my original question….there still is too much focus on the dust cover of the book rather than its contents. If wearing clean and well-fitting dark pants, white shirt and kipah allow a bochur to be more comfortable and focus on his lamdus, why is having him “dress up” as if he were living in the alte heim going to enhance the quality and ruchniyus of his shteiging.. Does that mean it would be assur for him to use one of the newer variable height shtenders that go up/down at the press of a button and are made of recycled materials (since those were not found in a beis medrash in the alte heim either)..