At maariv tonight, there were some men wearing a jacket, hat and tie. These were mostly the men who wear a jacket and tie to work all day. The added garment fr tefillah, probably yheir hat. If they wear their hat to work too? I’m not so sure.
There were men wearing a jacket and tie, but no hat. There were those wearing a jacket no tie, no hat. There were some wearing a jacket and hat, but had their shirts (button down) untucked. Others had their shirts neatly tucked in and wore no, hat or jacket.
Who davened a better and more meaningful tefilla? That is for hashem to determine, not us. To all those who feel that those who dont wear a hat and/or a jacket are davening while improperly dressed, then dont dress that way. Stop the silly postings about “against halacha”, “they are wrong” and “it is a terrible thing”.
It should be noted that there are poskim who write that because it is the “minhag” of certain non jews to REMOVE their hats when entering their places of worship, yidden should bidavka wear their hats, especially because the haskallah started the same practice. Not all yidden lived in Catholic countries or lived among maskilim who adopted this practice, hence the “widespread” custom of wearing hats is nowhere near universal. The shulchan aruch is clear about the guidelines for dress while davening. No specific article of clothing is listed as a requirement. Not a hat, not a jacket , not a spudik or a kapata, not even a turban or caftan.