Wearing Women's Underwear
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Question
Is it permissible for a man to wear his wife's underwear or vice versa (not for promiscuity, but in case it's the only clean item in the closet)? Thank you very much
Answer
Hello,
Even wearing a woman's underwear is prohibited, and this prohibition is rabbinic.
See sources.
Source
This is stated by the Beit Yosef, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 182, who compared it to the law of removing pubic hair, which is done in private.
This was also brought by the Taz there, S.K. 6.
However, our teacher, the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Fried, noted that the prohibition there is because it is a woman's cosmetic. But regarding underwear, it can be said that this is not included in the prohibition at all. And this remains in question.