Reply To: Hats and Jackets by Davening

I think it is necessary to differentiate between someone who never wore a hat in his life to someone who wore it in yeshivah and stopped when he started working. One doesnt have to wear a black hat but at least put on some hat to show chashivus and make yourself feel the chashivus for davening and the bais hakenesses. People today have such a laxity in a bais hakenesses and its frightening. People dont know that it is assur to just shmooze and hang around in a bais hakenesses. Its not a country club!

If a person dresses a special way for davening it will give him the awareness of where he is and who he stands before.