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I think people who wear both socks and slippers at night are crazy. You should wear one or the other, but not both. If you must have traction, get socks with rubber on the bottom.
Many have a minhag to never walk in bare socks.
Not at all joking. Don’t know (or remember) the reason. But Rav Miller’s daughter told me that was the minhag in her parents house. It is in my family too.
Paylesher: That’s a Minhag without any real Makor. My best possible Limud Z’chus for those Makpid on it is “Al Titosh Toras Imecha”. But it comes close to bordering on Nichush.
Your lack of knowledge of a mekor does not negate there is a mekor. Especially in light of the fact that it is practiced by gedolim.
It is actually written in Shulchan Aruch, that to go in stocking feet is a sign of aveilus. One should wear shoes or slippers. My parents A’H were very makpid on this inyan and so are we.
Wishing all a Gut Shabbos!
Thank you, Bubby. I should’ve mentioned that, by us, those whose parents are still alive are makpid about this.
The Best Bubby: It’s in Shulchan Aruch? Where? If it is, I’ll retract my statement. But I’m pretty sure that it’s not.
Some people may not want the bacteria stored in their slippers due to sweat to touch bare skin. Similarly, people try to wear socks with shoes.
P.s. ankle socks are actually comfty
Is it tznius to walk around without socks?
On a more serious note, there is an inyan not to walk around in socks due to it being derech aveilus. I have not heard that this only applies to someone with both parents living as was mentioned above (lo shomati ana raaya but I thought I’d mention that as I can hear a svara against it).
Put aside for a moment tznius, minhagim or even halacha. I think it is tacky to walk around in socks. Why would anyone want to do so?
Torah, the best bubby wrote the same thing mod42 wrote. and if the reason is that they simply cant find their slippers, whyd you write it is crazy to wear both??
This may be slightly off topic (gasp) but my sister was the type who always put on socks and shoes in the morning and wore them all day. I always walked around barefoot (as in not even socks). When my sister died I was 19 and I had a dream that she came to see me. She told me a bunch of things, and then turned to me as if she was bringing up a topic we often discussed and said, “and by the way, you are supposed to wear socks when you’re sleeping”. I thought it was nonsense but someone close with Reb Moshe ZTZ”L mentioned it to him and he said that actually it wasn’t.
youre supposed to wear socks when you are sleeping?? i never heard that. based on what and for what reason?
He didn’t say you have to wear socks when you are sleeping, he said I was wrong in thinking it was nonsense. I didn’t get any further info.
I consider myself to be very holy or is it just my socks that are that way?
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