Toi: I guess I kind of see your point, but I wish it weren’t true. And I don’t think it should be true. I don’t think we should have different articles of clothes that state: “I’m a different type of Torah Jew than that Torah Jew”. There are Torah Jews who hold different things. That’s fine. But why do we have to advertise that I’m going to wear a certain article of clothing which says that not only am I a Torah Jew, but I am a Torah Jew who thinks that not wearing this article of clothing isn’t as much of a Torah Jew as I am? If you want to be like a Rosh Yeshivah instead of the Breslov guy, go learn Gemara instead of doing what he does all day (which probably involves a lot of learning also). I don’t see why you have to dress differently than him. And I certainly think it’s wrong that people feel like they’re better than him because they dress differently.
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