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cork on Yom Kippur? Is it considered a shoe, and therefore it may not be worn on Yom Kippur, or not? R' Yitzḥak bar Naḥmani stood on his feet to testify and said: I saw that R' Yehoshua ben Levi went out on Yom Kippur in cork sandals, and I said to him: What is the law on a communal fast that is de
Rami bar Ḥama raised an objection: We learned that an amputee may go out with his wooden prosthetic leg on Shabbat, since it is like a shoe; these are the words of R' Meir. But R' Yosei prohibits it. And a baraita was taught in that regard as an addendum to that Mishnah: And they agree that it is p
Rava said to him: And if the prosthetic leg is not a garment, meaning that it is not a shoe, do the rags make it into a garment? Only shoes are forbidden, not other garments. And furthermore, any other kind of pleasure that is not the pleasure of wearing shoes, is it prohibited on Yom Kippur? Onl
Rather, Rava said: Actually, according to everyone, a prosthetic leg is considered to be a shoe, and with regard to Shabbat this is what they disagree about: One Sage, R' Yosei holds that we decree a prohibition of wearing a prosthetic leg on Shabbat lest the leg slip off and one come to carry it
§ A baraita states: Young children are permitted to perform all of the prohibited activities on Yom Kippur, except for wearing shoes. The Talmud asks: What is different about wearing shoes? It is because observers who see a child wearing shoes will say that adults did this for him, i.e., put them