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Sending electronic text messages on Shabbat (SMS).
If a Shaliach has a network of automatic telephone messages to various international designations with options for hearing lessons by clicking a button, is it permissible to leave the network in Israel, for example, open in a manner that the abovementioned service will be available to people out of Israel at times when it is not Shabbat there but in Israel it is?
Answer: It is permissible to leave the network open on Shabbat.

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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