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Rabbi, Why Do You Wear White Shirts? - Ask The Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers questions during a live session on hashkafa and Torah.

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a question here why do so manyi men wear white shirts well why not they say jackets too just white shirts and suits and ties and so on I know white shirts but and blackheads so the answer is like this the um one of the great rabbis in the talud and the gor said called his clothing M they're very similar which has the same same root of the word covered beged he called his clothing the ones who honor me those are my my the honor the people who honor my my my the honor the people who honor my clothing is what gives me honor the uh person God made manim whatever that means in the form of God of course that doesn't God doesn't have a form but we discussed this in previous occasions but whatever it means which we not D to right now but a person is Godly he has a the which is a soul which is

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  1. 0:00a question here why do so manyi men wear white shirts well why not they say
  2. 0:32the answer is like this the um one of the great rabbis in the talud and
  3. 1:03my my the honor the people who honor my clothing is what gives me honor the
  4. 1:36he has a the which is a soul which is totally spiritual and he has a
  5. 2:07the Torah so this body that we have could be very holy we're supposed to make
  6. 2:41Unholy we as a Jewish Nation we're working on ifying our bodies notating our bodies and
  7. 3:12holy thing therefore we clothe it in such a way which is befitting for somebody who's
  8. 3:43importance that they have gu with dirty overalls and the and a shirt hanging out it
  9. 4:14more of a outstanding special honorable way of of dressing that's why we dress our body

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