T-Shirt with Sun or Person
Question
Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. If one’s t-shirt has a drawing of the sun and a person on it, would it be forbidden to wear that t-shirt, considering that he will be bowing down during davening with it on. I saw that only protruding images of the sun would be forbidden to keep. Would the drawing of the sun on the t-shirt be considered protruding if it has some substance to the lines that are used to draw it, in other words, one can feel the drawing’s lines when he passes his finger over the drawing. Or would this not be considered protruding. Thanks a lot.
Answers
There is a great discussion among the Poskim as to whether a two-dimensional image is problematic or not. It is true that some Poskim rule that it should be treated no differently than sunken or protruding images, but there are Poskim who rule that it is not a problem. Subsequently, I do not think that there is reason to be concerned that it might be prohibited to daven wearing such a t-shirt especially as the image on the t-shirt was not made for idol-worshiping reasons.
Personally, I am not sure that, in general, wearing a t-shirt is the proper way to daven.
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