Shulchan Arukh Yoreh De'ah · Siman 382

Shulchan Arukh Yoreh De'ah 382 — English translation

Translation: Code of Hebrew Law by Chaim N. Denburg, Montreal, 1955. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1A mourner is forbidden to put on sandals [or shoes] (Ez. XXIV, 17), whence we infer that for everyone else this is forbidden. only if [they are made] of leather, but a pair of shoes made of cloth, reeds, hair or wood, is permissible, for an [ordinary] shoe is [usually made] of leather. where the same prohibition applies. Yoma 78b; O.Ḥ. § 614. Thus T.H. Although the mourner is forbidden to wear shoes, nevertheless, he may recite the morning benediction, ‘Blessed art Thou … who hast provided for all my needs’ (v. Siddur Morning Benedictions) — R.E. Z. Margolis (Laws of Mourning). However, if it [was made] of wood and covered over by leather, it is forbidden.
2. 2A woman after confinement), or one who has a wound on his foot (O.Ḥ. § 614, 3) — ShaK. So too, a pregnant woman, if she fears the cold — A.H. is permitted to wear [leather-] shoes throughout the thirty days [of mourning] because the cold is harmful to her., derived from Yom Kippur where the same ruling applies. Mishna, Yoma VIII, I and Gemara ibid. 78b.
3. 3Every person [in mourning] is permitted to put on shoes where there is danger of [being attacked by] a scorpion., derived from Yoma 78b. According to Mord. M.K. III end, where one must appear before a ruler during mourning and must wear shoes, the custom is to put some earth into the shoes. Hence, it follows that the same procedure should be adopted in the present ruling regarding danger, or in all cases where the mourner is obliged to wear shoes — Ta Z.
4. 4A mourner or an excommunicant who were walking on the road, are permitted to put on shoes, and when they reach the city they remove [them].Z to Yad, Ebel V, 6. There is, however, an authority who states that [in] a city, the majority of which, are Gentiles, one does not remove [his shoes] until he enters the Jewish quarters, and references. [or a Jewish house]. in O.Ḥ. ibid. Nowadays that we live amongst the Gentiles with no separate quarters of our own, one should not remove his shoes until he enters his courtyard — A.H.
5. 5Whether one is required to remove [his] shoes on the cemetery after the corpse is interred, has been explained in § 37 § 375, 1, n. Gloss : Some say that one is required to go barefooted from the cemetery to his home, if his father or mother died , on the authority of RI — G. but I have not seen this custom adopted . par. 4 and v. ShaK.

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