[Avodah] several questions

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:25:02PM +0000, R Elazar M. Teitz wrote:
:                                                         I am convinced
: that wearing the hat began because in the summer, when there was no coat
: to check, it was easier to wear the hat than have the bother of using
: the coat room -- and the talmidim saw, and thought it was a hiddur of
: some kind.

My own theory (and not mutually exclusive):
Since hats and jackets are worn every Shabbos and Yom Tov, they've come
to represent formalwear within the community.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha