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Is there a source for wearing diffenrent shoes on shabbos? My husband tells me that all the halachois only refer to clothes but shoes are not included. and is there really a diffenrce between men and ladies?
The Tzitz Eliezer has a T’shuvah (I want to say at the beginning of Chelek 22 but I’m not positive) where he discusses if shoes count as a Begged. He doesn’t specifically discuss in regards to Shabbos, but that’s definitely a place to start. If I recall correctly, he would probably agree with your husband. However, the Minhag very clearly is to be Mechabed Shabbos with special shoes-especially someone who wears sneakers/loafers etc. during the week.
There is a machloket between the Korban HaEida and the Pnei Moshe as to how to read the Yerushalmi (Shabbat 6:2) that either says “it’s not the way of people to have two pairs of shoes” or “is it not the way of people to have two pairs of shoes?”
Both the Ben Ish Hai (vol. 4 OC 13), the Kaf HaHaim (262:25) an the Tzitz Eliezer (7:2) say that they are not levush, the proof being that “malbish arumim” does not cover them (the Tzitz Eliezer says that levush is something that encircles the body). Rav Ovadia (Yalkut Yosef 262:6) also says that it is not necessary to have a special pair but it is sufficient to polish one’s shoes beforehand although one who has special shoes will receive a beracha.However, the Minhat Shabbat (72:71) says that it is necesssary, and this was the minhag of the Gra (Maaseh Rav 145) as did the Hazon Ish (Dinim v’Hanhagot meMaran HaHazon Ish 9:3). However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (VeAlehu Lo Yavul 1:137) and Rav Eliashiv (Ashrei Ish 2:5) did not.
Doesn’t the gemoro in shabbos (the daf escapes me now)say that rovo put on special “puzmankes’ (socks) for shabbos?
My Shabbos shoes are my only shoes.
During the week, I wear black sneakers.
The Wolf
I WAS in the Golders green section of London recently for a shabbos and i am sure that i saw in one of the minhagim books there that boys until eleven years old should wear shoes with buckles, and from eleven slip on shoes, with a designer name, lechatchila tommy hilfiger.
I think that Shabbos shoes were a relatively recent invention.
I feel sometimes that the people who buy their kids Shabbos shoes are doing it for the wrong reasons, and so are those who don’t.
BTW SAM2, where does your minhag come from? i’ve been doing a boy’s pirchim group for years, and loads of kids still don’t have them.
Wolf, new balance?
Wolf, new balance?
As a matter of fact, yes.
The Wolf
I do new balance during the week too im so lazy i use the velcro.
I wear special purple crocs on Shabbos to match my purple Shabbos Suit. During the week I wear either my yellow, red, or green crocs.
i personally think that there is more kavod Shabbos in polishing your shoes, than in having a different pair for Shabbos. (especially my children, where i would have to pay for the shoes.)
BTW yeruhsalymer, i take offense, i am from GG, and my boys do NOT have shabbos shoes, buckles, tommy hilfiger or anything alse. And yes, brooklyn, i think girls are different, they should be more into their looks, and they run around less, so of course it makes sense to buy them an extra pair of shoes.
BTW yerushalaymer again, if you really lived in yerushalayim you would have sent your son to “kaytana” with sandals not sneakers.
ONPA: It’s what I’ve seen everywhere I’ve been. And I mean evreywhere. And little kids aren’t necessarily a proof.
Can anyone persuade my parents to buy me Shabbos shoes
No help anyone? My mother says that she “doesn’t beleive in them. Is she an apikoirus?
Moishe S: No your mother is not an apikoirus since shabbos shoes is not one of the fundamentals of yiddishkeit. If you want to convince her maybe tell her to look at Sam2 and Avi K’s posts.
42- its funny you think thats entirely crazy, there is a guy in toronto who has hats to match his wacky suits. like green etc. no jokes.
Is she an apikoirus?
I find the fact that you’re even willing to consider the possibility that your mother is an apikorus simply on the grounds that she cannot/will not buy you Shabbos shoes to be odious, repugnant and thoroughly disrespectful.
The fact that you’re willing to publicly consider it on a message board is all the worse.
The Wolf
Wolf, I was joking. But you guys are way too serious for me.
I wonder how many of you people have been here, because moost men here wear the same shoes on Shabbos.
By the way, Moishe S, ask your mother if you can do some small jobs, etc… and maybe buy your own shoes.
Wolf, I was joking
Calling one’s parent an apikorus is not something to joke about. I’m all for a good sense of humor and fun, but there are some things that should not be joked about. Calling one’s parent an apikorus, even in jest, is one of them.
The Wolf
Why don’t you move to Gateshead? (Or maybe E”Y).
Sorry golders Greener, but why should he move to gateshead, according to you he can move to Golders Green for the same price. (unless he doesn’t want to have to walk around in socks every time he forgets his sneakers.)
Anyway, Gateshead has a whole va’ad to decide who can live there. They might not welcome someone who is so megusham that he wants Shabbos shoes (and whose mother is a chashash apikoires.)!!!!
Any better ideas, anyone?
rabbiofberlin – The Gemara in Shabbos (10a) is talking about putting on special garments for davening.
It’s a mitzvah to wear your best clothes on Shabbos, so if you own more than one pair of shoes (not everyone does), one should wear the better one on Shabbos.
If you want to be a Machmer and be m’chabud/Honor the Holy Shabbos it would for sure be nice to have a special pair. If it looks not shabbosdig then it is probably not an honor. But your not a mechlul shabbos if thats all you can afford.
I knew a person from Pre war Eroupe who even war a different Yarmeluka and and made sure never to wear pure black pant on shabbos. So it should be sepecial for Shabbos.
That’s why many Rebbe’s wear White pants on shabbos. That you should see it’s different from a whole week.
I only have the one pair, but on Shabbos I call them Shabbos Shoes. Am I yotzei?
Rav Eliyashiv and Rav Shlomo Zalman Zatsal both lived very frugally and didnt have or spend money on extras. if you could polish your shoes to make them presentable for shabbos, fine. if you anyway have several pairs of shoes , then of course keep a pair special for Shabbos. as far as girls and women ,generally Shabbos shoes are less sturdy and prettier than strong everyday shoes. so its nice le’kavos shabbos to have them if you can afford it.
According to Kabbala one should wear at least four white garments and definitely not black (Shaar HaKavenot, Inyan Rechitzat Panav, Yadav v’Raglav d”h gam tzarich adam lilbosh bigdei lavan; Ben Ish Chai Halachot Year 2 Lech Lecha 18; Kaf HaChaim 262:26). However, the pashtanim disagree (Biur Halacha 262:2 d”h begadim naim and see Shabbat 147a).
Sorry to get involved moishy s, but i think if you offer your mother that for two weeks you will not do anything crazy in school, she might just agree to buy you about six pairs of shabbos shoes.
Purim Mashgiach, have you seen this stuff
shabos shoes are like shtreimels, you don’t need a source, it’s just soemthing that everyone you know does.
The more sensible question is what is the source for the colors. why do most people go for black?
What abouit sock color? Does it depend on your grandfather’s hair? black, gray or white?
I wear my shabbos shoes on weekday and weekday shoes on purim. Am i yoitzei?
My grandmother’s spitzel is blue, I therefore wear navy socks.
I’m trying to get socks to match her various tichels too, anyone who can help should please be in touch.
Is this gateshead business real?
Shoe store assistant where are you. I was looing 4 SHABBOS SHOES and it was off the screen
Just one more thread ….
So you revived the shoe thread and the population growth thread. Just curious, do you sell more pairs of shoes in small sizes than in larger ones? If popular “theories” are correct you should be able to tell us about a noticeable difference in the number of size 2 shoes you sell each yomtif season vs. the number of size 5. Any truth to that?
Any shoe store sells more shoes in smaller sizes, simply because children’s feet grow much faster at a younger age, they spend less time in a classroom and more time running around, and younger parents are more likely to buy their chioldren extra pairs – i.e. shabbos shoes, summer sandals, etc…
I find that I need a dress-looking shoe that is also very comfortable for shabbos, since I frequently walk miles on shabbos for the sake of bikur cholim, etc.
Michael Bloomberg has only had the same 2 pairs of shoes for the past 10 years. Does he keep 1 pair for Shabbos and 1 pair for weekdays? or is 6 days running in 1 pair of shoes, too long?
My husband tells me that all the halachois only refer to clothes but shoes are not included
Please ask your husband, if spectacles are also excluded from this Halocho?
In order of price range:
Crocs makes flats for women that are made from crocs material (don’t know about men… but most likely…).
Clarks are very good for that purpose.
Cole Haan has nike soles, but look fancy.
Cole Haan are incredibly expensive.
Not when you get them from Nordstrom Rack. ^_^
that is why i mentioned them last…
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