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Keriyah at the Kosel (Exchanging Clothes)

Do you need to tear kriyah if you go to the kosel for the first time on friday after chatzos? If you’re makneh you clothes to someone else?

Answer:

Being makneh the clothes to others is a good idea for somebody going to the late on Friday, when actually doing keriyah would be complicated.

This has to be done with a proper halachic transfer (kinyan), and a kinyan sudar is the simplest way.

In general, many frown on the idea of “exchanging clothes,” because this gets round the basic obligation of keriyah.

Best wishes and good Shabbos.

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