Q&A: Prayer in shorts and flip-flops
Prayer in shorts and flip-flops
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Is it permissible on a trip to pray Mincha wearing flip-flops without socks and shorts?
Thank you in advance.
Answer
Absolutely. Just like at the beach. Respectable dress is a function of the circumstances. By the way, someone who normally dresses that way in everyday life, in my opinion, can pray that way on a regular day too, not only on a trip.
Discussion on Answer
Correct. Several halakhic decisors have already written this.
Could you show one of them (regarding prayer)?
Do you need guidance on how to use Google? That's not really the purpose of this site, and I don't have any special expertise in the matter. But despite my lack of expertise, surprisingly enough I managed to find many sources, and here are just a few of them:
https://halachayomit.co.il/he/Default.aspx?HalachaID=6206
https://judaism.walla.co.il/item/3676198
https://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/52165
Rabbi Lichtenstein did not allow several people to go over and comment to an orphaned boy who had gone up to lead the service as cantor wearing shorts
at Kibbutz Kfar Etzion.
They left him alone — a sign.
If so, would it also be permitted to pray and recite blessings at the beach without a shirt?