This weekend is Memorial Day, a national holiday which in theory pays tribute to the soldiers who have and continue to defend the freedoms we take for granted, but in reality is an excuse to barbeque and clog up the nation’s highways.
There is also mihag kadum that one is only allowed to wear white from Memorial Day to Labor Day in September. I happen to have an off-white straw hat perfect for Shabbat walks for someone with fair skin. My question for anyone out there with a moderate fashion sense, is does this white rule apply to Memorial Day itself i.e. the Monday, or may one start wearing white on the Saturday of Memorial Day?
Or to put it in brisker terminology, is it taluyi on the yom or the shem of the weekend?
Thoughts?
(כִּי לֹא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם וְלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם דְּרָכָי (ישעיהו נה:ח
White Watching
May 26, 2006 Culture
It is talui in the weekend. Should you go to a polo match this Sunday it would be OK to wear your whites. (On another note, the minhag has weakened in the past years and it is now acceptable to wear white or black whenever you wish.)
The Jewish minhag is to wear white from Pesach until Rosh Hashanah, so you should be good to the whole weekend.
WHAT IS UP WITH THIS…
Mahmoud Abbas Issues Hamas an Ultimatum
ah, Sunday’s erev hag anyways…
I agree with the other posts; it is, in fact, talui on the weekend. It is always preferable to make those in doubt aware of your intention, especially when they comment on the strawness of your hat.
It’s refreshing to know that some minhagim are being preserved even as others are not.
A nice Shavuos!