[Avodah] Taking A Hat Into A Bathroom

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:52:49PM -0800, Simon Montagu wrote:
: Conversely, if one never wears a jacket and hat for other dress-up
: occasions, I don't see why one would think one needs to wear them for
: tefilla. I can understand dressing for tefilla as formally as one ever
: dresses, but I don't see where the idea comes from of a special
: costume for tefilla.

SA OC 282:2, and the MB 8:4, citing the Bach, specifies that this is in
addition to yarmulka.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha