נהרג על קידוש השם ע"י הנאצים ימ"ש
ג' אב תש"ד
הלכה ולא למעשה
Only Chasidim are Allowed to Wear Shabbos Clothing
The רמ"א (O.C. 551:1) writes:
"On שבת חזון one must wear weekday clothes (except the shirt)."
The ערוך השלחן (551:11) writes that today we do change into בגדי שבת. The Gedolim permitted wearing בגדי שבת, because otherwise it would be considered אבילות בפרהסיא (public mourning) on Shabbos.
The רמ"א was also aware of the concern of אבילות בפרהסיא, yet he still ruled that בגדי שבת should not be worn.
The ערוך השלחן explains that in the days of the רמ"א, weekday clothing and Shabbos clothing looked very similar. Therefore, wearing weekday clothing did not constitute אבילות בפרהסיא.
"It was only after people began wearing silk kaftans and shtreimels on Shabbos that they permitted wearing בגדי שבת; otherwise, it would have been אבילות בפרהסיא."
According to the ערוך השלחן, the היתר to wear בגדי שבת applies only to Chasidim who wear shtreimels and silk kaftans on Shabbos.
Since not wearing those garments would be an obvious display of mourning, it would be considered אבילות בפרהסיא.
Those who normally wear only a suit and hat on Shabbos would, according to this reasoning, need to wear their weekday suit and hat.
ערוך השלחן (או"ח סימן תקנ"א סעיף י"א)
Because of his talent, he receives two עליות on שבת חזון.
In most קהילות אשכנז, the אב הרחמים was recited only twice each year:
- The "Schwartze Shabbos" (Bamidbar)
- שבת חזון
When the חזן recited אב הרחמים, the entire congregation stood and quietly recited it together.
The original נוסח, before it was altered by the censors, was:
וינקום בימינו לעינינו נקמת דם עבדיך
יהי רצון מלפניך — May it be Hashem's will to take immediate revenge, in our days and before our eyes, against all the רשעים הרוצחים and all their sympathizers.
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