And grown men weren’t wearing half-pants, stockings and robe jackets 350 years ago either. Nor were they wearing dead animals wrapped around their heads (not the tall and cheap version, nor the short and fat version). Nor were there Chassidim 400 years ago. And Litvaks are a fairly recent invention too. So stop trying to make it sound like the Chassidim have the original garb and that the Litvaks are the copycat/changelings. Each group took the dress of their locality. If it really doesn’t matter, as you say, then just let it not matter. But when you start trumping one way over the other, you’re not saying it doesn’t matter.
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