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Ask The Rabbi

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Using an internet site on Shabbat.
Answer: Access to to the website must be blocked on Shabbat and Holidays, not only according to local Shabbat and Holiday times, but also according to international times, from anywhere where a person could surf the website. For this purpose a program may be used called www.shomershabbes.co.il.

There are no hard and fast rules about white shirts. In general, a white shirt is considered to be a modest but respectable garment, and a person should wear clothing that is respectable.


Also, part of the day is spent standing in prayer in front of the Creator, and this certainly warrants respectable attire.


In any case, the main thing is not the external garments, but rather the spiritual ones, namely, a person’s thought, speech, and deed. Physical clothing is only a means to the end, the goal being purity of spiritual garments.

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