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Getting Dressed On Purim

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Question:

What is the custom of getting dressed on Purim?


Answer:

Some people have the custom to wear a costume on Purim.[1]

A man may not dress as a woman on Purim. [2]

One may not dress up as a priest on Purim.[3]

If one must pray with his costume, he may, but it should not cover his face. [4]

The “custom” of making fun or embarrassing others, even one’s rabbis, on Purim should be abolished, and certainly not practiced.[5]


Sources:

[1]. Chazon Ovadia, Purim, p. 199. See Yalkut Yosef, Purim, pages 198–202, which lists twenty-two possible reasons for this custom.

[2]. Yabia Omer, vol. 5, Y.D. §14; Chazon Ovadia, Purim, p. 199; Ohr LeTzion, vol. 4, 61:5. Chazon Ovadia rules that children should also act stringently and not dress up as the opposite gender on Purim.

See also Teshuvot HaRishon LeTzion, vol. 1, p. 276.

[3]. Ashrei HaIsh, vol. 3, 48:6.

[4]. Yalkut Yosef, Purim, p. 685; Shevet HaLevi 10:18.

[5]. Az Nidberu 9:49; Halichot Shlomo, Purim, p. 343, Orchot Halachah §77; Ashrei HaIsh, vol. 3, 48:7; Chazon Ovadia, Purim, p. 201; Yalkut Yosef, Purim, p. 682.


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