[Avodah] R' Elyashiv

[Zev Sero]

Cantor Wolberg wrote:
>> 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.

So?  Nobody has ever suggested that it's assur!  But what makes
anyone think that there's a difference between crocs and sneakers,
or that RYSE's statement about crocs does not apply to sneakers?


 
>> 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."

And nobody suggested that it was.  But it does mean suffering, and
you asked where that idea came from.

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