Ever wondered where the source for “Shabbos clothes” comes from?
There are actually 2 Gemaras in Shabbos that mention this concept.
On Shabbos 114a the Gemara learns this from a passuk in this weeks Parsha (Vayikra 6:4).
And on Shabbos 113a the Gemara learns this from a passuk in Nach (Yeshaya 58:13).
But you’re probably wondering, why do we need two different verses to teach us about changing clothes for shabbos?
Ben Yehoyada (114a) explains that one source teaches that one should wear *nicer* clothes, the other is about wearing *different* clothes, not necessarily fancy!
A practical difference emerges which Mishna Berura points out. One should even have different undergarments which you only wear for shabbos, because of the Halacha on 113a to have different clothes for shabbos even if they’re not necessarily nicer.
There are actually 2 Gemaras in Shabbos that mention this concept.
On Shabbos 114a the Gemara learns this from a passuk in this weeks Parsha (Vayikra 6:4).
And on Shabbos 113a the Gemara learns this from a passuk in Nach (Yeshaya 58:13).
But you’re probably wondering, why do we need two different verses to teach us about changing clothes for shabbos?
Ben Yehoyada (114a) explains that one source teaches that one should wear *nicer* clothes, the other is about wearing *different* clothes, not necessarily fancy!
A practical difference emerges which Mishna Berura points out. One should even have different undergarments which you only wear for shabbos, because of the Halacha on 113a to have different clothes for shabbos even if they’re not necessarily nicer.
מִנַּיִן לְשִׁנּוּי בְּגָדִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: (ויקרא ו, ד) "וּפָשַׁט אֶת בְּגָדָיו, וְלָבַשׁ בְּגָדִים אֲחֵרִים". אף על גב דילפינן זה מן 'וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ' (ישעיהו נח, יג) שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא מַלְבּוּשְׁךָ שֶׁל שַׁבָּת כְּמַלְבּוּשְׁךָ שֶׁל חֹל
...ועוד נראה לי בס"ד, דהוצרך רבי יוחנן למילף מהאי קרא (ויקרא ו, ד) ד'פָשַׁט אֶת בְּגָדָיו' כי מהאי קרא ד'וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ' דייק אפילו אם יחליף בגדיו אם הם שוים כמו של חול אסור, משום ד'וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ' כתיב ואין ניכר בזה כבוד שבת, דהרואהו חושב שהוא לובש בגד שלבש בחול, אך מן פסוק זה בא למידק דבעי דוקא שיחליף בגדיו, ואפילו אם הם שוים במראיהם וצורתם וחשיבותם סגי.
Some more Mareh Mekomos about Shabbos clothing, snippets from Tzitz Eliezer Volume 14, Siman 34:
