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    Torah613Torah
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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.

    #945544
    Paylesher
    Member

    Many have a minhag to never walk in bare socks.

    #945545
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    Paylesher: You’re joking. Why?

    #945546
    Paylesher
    Member

    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.

    #945547
    Sam2
    Participant

    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.

    #945548
    Paylesher
    Member

    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.

    #945549
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    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!

    #945550
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    Yet another minhag to make sure my future husband doesn’t have.

    #945551
    Paylesher
    Member

    Thank you, Bubby. I should’ve mentioned that, by us, those whose parents are still alive are makpid about this.

    #945552
    Sam2
    Participant

    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.

    #945553
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    LOL, I had no idea that there was such an inyan. Good to know!

    #945554
    ben_yehuda
    Participant

    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

    #945555
    YW Moderator-42
    Moderator

    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).

    #945556
    Paylesher
    Member

    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?

    #945557
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    YW 42: That’s interesting.

    Paylesher: Because they can’t find their slippers?

    #945558
    yetelz
    Member

    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??

    #945559
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    yetelz: Honestly, this was a throwaway question. I had absolutely no inkling that there was such an inyan. What I do at home is irrelevant. I was just bored of hearing about sem, shidduchim, and weight, then weight, shidduchim and shem, then shidduchim, weight and sem all day, night, evening, and last week.

    #945560
    🍫Syag Lchochma
    Participant

    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.

    #945561
    yetelz
    Member

    youre supposed to wear socks when you are sleeping?? i never heard that. based on what and for what reason?

    #945562
    🍫Syag Lchochma
    Participant

    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.

    #945563
    TheGoq
    Participant

    I consider myself to be very holy or is it just my socks that are that way?

    #945564
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    Syag: That’s a really spooky story. Very interesting and thank you for posting it.

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