tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post113257759362294944..comments2023-10-20T09:43:39.318-04:00Comments on Frumpter: Men's Chassidic ClothingZoe Strickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07940789852735669214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-18211466794704041062012-08-28T05:44:19.441-04:002012-08-28T05:44:19.441-04:00I honestly believe there is a skill to writing art...I honestly believe there is a skill to writing articles that only very few posses and yes you got. It was simply checking out this blog and I really admire the premise of the article and this is really informative. This is a big help to know about how to run business for clothing. Thank you.<br /><br />Michelle | <a href="http://www.sevenwholesale.com" title="wholesale clothing" rel="nofollow">wholesale clothing</a>Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273211398317891777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1142219150975855892006-03-12T22:05:00.000-05:002006-03-12T22:05:00.000-05:00I had this on my blog. It still needs some revisin...I had this on my blog. It still needs some revising.<BR/><BR/>Is wearing a hat a halacha?<BR/>If you ask most black-hat wearing kids, they'll insist it is, but most rebbeim in yeshivas admit it's not. They still insist on it being worn, I guess for political reasons. Once, I forgot my hat at an in-shabbos and someone (who had went to Brisk) told me to go get it. I said I don't carry in NYC streets so he made me get someone to carry a key so i could go get my hat. Many Briskers don't even were Tzitzith, a mitzvah chamura, on shabbos because of the fear that maybe it's not really a beged and so maybe it will be like they're carrying! In addition, I missed Krias HaTorah by Mincha, something R' Chayim may have even said is a chiyuv even on a yachid! How could hat-wearing, which isn't exactly a mitzvah chamura (or even a mitzvah or a chiyuv or anything) be worth making someone actually carry,* and miss Krias HaTorah?!<BR/>I was once at a house where people are required to take off their shoes when they enter. We made a mincha minyan there, and I was the only person who put on my shoes. There were even two people there who came in a hat, but took off their shoes. They wore a hat, but not shoes which there is an actual halacha to wear by davening! It's all black-hattiness, not halacha.<BR/><BR/>The mishna berurah (if i remember correctly) states one should wear a hat when davening since that's what one would wear when appearing before a king. Nowadays, when one wouldn't wear a hat in front of a king**, he obviously shouldn't need to wear a hat when davening (Just like he doesn't need to were a turban or gartel***).<BR/>Some people say you're supposed to wear a double-covering when davening, but this is definitely not a halacha; I think it might be some kabbalistic thing, if anything.<BR/>Another reason given is wearing a hat is a minhag, and minhagim are important. But wait one second. Why's it a minhag? Because it used to be what people wore, some Jews just didn't stop. The minhag (or halacha) isn't to wear a hat, it's to wear what one would wear in front of a king. It used to be a robe and turban, now it's a suit and tie. To claim there's a special black-hat minhag isn't accurate, it's just some people didn't stop wearing what they had.<BR/><BR/>The only real claim that can be made is that a hat is a uniform to show that the wearer is different then the surrounding gentile society. This can only be claimed by those who go everywhere in a black hat, and don't just wear it for davening. Also I wonder if they're trying to separate themselves from gentiles or maybe just from other Jews? Once, a kid didn't want to wear a hat and his mother said "You have to, our type wears a hat." Clearly, she wanted him to show he belonged to the black-hat Jews, and not the modern ones. That is not a good thing.<BR/><BR/><BR/>*Correction: I had said ("i guess he feels wearing a hat is doche shabbos..") telling someone to carry for you is non-halachic since telling someone to open bottles for you is assur, i assumed it was the same. But if not carrying is just a chumra then you would be able to tell people to carry for you. (Of course it might not just be a chumra, in fact some hold its d'oraysa, but that could be for another post.)<BR/><BR/>**The worst is by shacharis. People wear their jacket buttoned under one arm or just half-off and they wear their hat way back, it looks absolutely ridiculous. They should go to a job interview or bussiness meeting like that before saying it's appropiate to wear in front of the King.<BR/><BR/>***the reason some people wear a gartel can't be to provide a separation, since they're already wearing many separations. I heard the reason is because a gartel used to be what one would wear in front of a king.Zappablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239699411319712799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1139161552387416482006-02-05T12:45:00.000-05:002006-02-05T12:45:00.000-05:00Steg,I would probably say that there is a frequenc...Steg,<BR/>I would probably say that there is a frequency that is given off by each color, and black (being the absence of any light being reflected off of the cloth) or white (being the reflection of all of the colors), and that frequency has some connection to sound or to some kind of vibrational frequency which when resonated a certain way has some kind of effect on the energy that is attracted to the person or given off by the person wearing white or black. Colors also give off different signatures, so probably the kabbalistic reason for wearing all white or all black is that the frequency given off is conducive to bringing down G-dly energies. That's my guess.Zoe Strickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940789852735669214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1132616598192414262005-11-21T18:43:00.000-05:002005-11-21T18:43:00.000-05:00So what exactly is then the Kabbalistic reason for...So what exactly is then the Kabbalistic reason for wearing black and white?<BR/><BR/>By the way, i have my own post about clothing [specificly when it comes to davening] <A HREF="http://boroparkpyro.blogspot.com/2005/10/dilemmas-in-dressing-for-davenning.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1132615594468372132005-11-21T18:26:00.000-05:002005-11-21T18:26:00.000-05:00Knished,Thank you for your comment. You're right ...Knished,<BR/>Thank you for your comment. You're right -- I've been in a downcycle these past few days; the funny thing is that other than over disappointment that the shidduch didn't work out as I hoped and by the fact that I am highly overwhelmed with school and with things that need to be done, there is technically nothing wrong. This phase will pass. It always does.Zoe Strickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940789852735669214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1132583103864884802005-11-21T09:25:00.000-05:002005-11-21T09:25:00.000-05:00So there really is a reason for what seemed a sill...So there really is a reason for what seemed a silly rule? Hmm....I hope you are ok with that, you sound like you are though.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446435491941733971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1132579648035201362005-11-21T08:27:00.000-05:002005-11-21T08:27:00.000-05:00Hey...This doenst have anything to do with this po...Hey...<BR/>This doenst have anything to do with this post...Id just like to let you know that Ive been back reading your blog and Ive gotten the impression that you were abit down in your last few posts...<BR/><BR/>Just letting you know...you sound like an amazing person. Your motivated, you try hard at all your ventures, you passionate yet realistic about your frumkeit/chassidishkeit..<BR/><BR/>It realy says something about you...especially when i know other bochurim who are so apathetic to their lives, religion, parnasses, future...always thinking that others will fit the bill and living between one camp and another matzah bakery will be enough untill they get marrried...<BR/><BR/>Anywho! Goodluck with it all...you sound like a true mentch!Knishedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544785335209949381noreply@blogger.com