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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3jcuvum" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/3jcuvum<br><br>
</a><font size=3>In order to be permissibly worn outside on Shabbos, an
item must be classified as a garment or an ornament. Ornaments, however,
are sometimes rabbinically forbidden due to the concern you might take it
off to show someone or that it might fall off and you will lift and carry
it. Do eyeglasses fall in either of these categories?<br><br>
The Rema (<i>Orach Chaim</i> 301:14), quoting the <i>Beis Yosef</i>,
forbids wearing an ornamental glasses case because the glasses inside the
case are not part of the ornament. This ruling raises the question why
the wearing of glasses was not addressed. Is this because it is obviously
allowed as a garment or ornament, or forbidden as a utensil? The
<i>Chayei Adam</i> (56:3) forbids “wearing glasses on the nose” because
they may fall and you may carry them. Clearly, he considers them to be an
ornament subject to that consideration.<br><br>
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