[Avodah] R' Elyashiv

[Cantor Wolberg]

> According to his ruling, sneakers should also not be allowed.

    R' Zev wrote:  Ein hochi nami; who said otherwise?
In many O. Shuls the Rabbonim wore sneakers. I vividly recall this as  
a child.


Y"K is not a day of mourning. I would like to understand where this
> idea  of suffering comes from.

R' Zev responded:    Vayikra 16:29,31

Excuse me but "Inui" is not "Aveilus."  I may be afflicted but I am  
not in mourning. However, if I'm in mourning, I probably
feel afflicted. The pasuk says nothing about "aveilus."

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