Chasam Sofer On Wearing Wool

Shu”t  Chasam Sofer  (O.Ch. 15b-16 ) The Shoel
asks the Chasam Sofer , "Are people who wear
woolen clothing,  allowed to serve as a Shliach
Tzibur.
We should not  allow them  to be a Shliach Tzibur
because Nusach Sefard doesn’t tolerate people
who wear woolen clothing. People who do so
are not worthy to daven Nusach Sefard".

In Teshuvah # 15  the Ch. S. seems to ridicule
this statement. He says, even if the
chumra comes from not wanting to be
nichshal in Shatnez, it doesn’t make sense to
differentiate between Nusach Ashkenaz and
Nusach Sefard.
In Teshuva 16 , after being informed that it
was the Yismach Moshe who  holds to be
Machmir ( to disallow a Shlaich Tzibbur to
wear wool) he treats  the Shaila , more
seriously, but still strongly opposes this
Chumra.
 His main argument is, there shouldn’t make
a difference between Nusach Sfard or
Nusach Askenaz.

Most Chasidic Rebbes and many
Chasidim wear silk/polyester   Bekeshes for
this reason .

*Perhaps the origin of this statement was
started when some Gadol remarked
re our Sephardic brethren who reside
in warm climate countries. “Since they
generally don’t wear woolen clothing
they have an advantage of not being
nichshal in Shatnez and therefore their
Tefilos are always accepted."

They can’t tolerate woolen clothes not
because they Daven Nusach Sefard
but because they are Sephardim living in
warm climate countries.

Chasidim realized the advantage  our
Sephardic brothers have, of not being
Nichshal in Shatnez so they too stopped
wearing woolen clothing.
Hence the statement ,"Nusach Sfard doesn't
tolerate woolen clothing."

*אמבצי