The Source of the Law Regarding the Order of Putting on Shoes and Tying Laces
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Question
Hello, I would like to ask what is the source of the law regarding the order of putting on shoes and tying laces?
Answer
Its source is in the Talmud, Berakhot 61.
Source
Shabbat 61.
As Rabbi Yochanan said: "Just as with tefillin, so with shoes: just as tefillin are placed on the left hand, so shoes are put on the left foot." They object: "When putting on shoes, one puts on the right first and then the left." Rabbi Yosef said: "Now that it has been taught thus, and Rabbi Yochanan said thus, whoever does so, does correctly, and whoever does otherwise, also does correctly." Abaye said to him: "Perhaps Rabbi Yochanan had not heard this teaching, and if he had heard it, he would have changed his mind. Or perhaps he heard it and held that the law does not follow that teaching." Rabbi Nachman bar Yitzchak said: "A God-fearing person fulfills both rules." And who is this? Mar, son of Rabban. How did he act? He put on the right shoe but did not tie it, then put on the left and tied it, and then tied the right.