[Avodah] Shabbat Mincha ? No Ties

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Yitzchok Levine posted
>From http://torahmusings.com/2011/07/shabbat-mincha-no-ties/
> ... some  kind of source or limud zechut for the widespread
> subconscious North American "minhag" of not wearing a tie (and
> other dress-down practices) when going to the synagogue for
> mincha on Shabbat afternoons.

I wonder if this might have anything to do with another shita I once saw. Some acharon, I've forgtten who, had held that an avel should not be the shatz at mincha on Erev Shabbos, but *could* be on Shabbos afternoon.

The article RYL cited ties it to a "slightly mournful flavor" due to the fact "that Yosef, Moshe, and David passed away Shabbat afternoon." But I wonder if we should not discount the reality that moods are often determined by where we are now, but where we'll so be. We have mentioned this in the past regarding Baruch Shem aloud on Yom Kippur Eve vs. Motzaei Yom Kippur. I think it is also relevant to skipping tachanun when our Baal Bris still has a Chiyuv Karays to be done, but saying it when he is happily yotzay.

None of the above should be construed to mean that I endorse "dressing down" on Shabbos afternoon. But I must admit that I understand the desire to do so.

Akiva Miller


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