Wearing Footwear On Yom Kippur Rabbi Zev Smith

1. The source and severity of this issur 2. Understanding why some don’t wear sneakers, crocs, etc. 3. Wearing slippers, galoshes, etc. 4. Wearing sneakers or slippers that have leather parts (straps) 5. Non-leather shoes that look exactly like leather shoes 6. Davening without any footwear (just socks) 7. Standing on a leather mat etc. 8. At what age should a child stop wearing leather shoes? 9. Must walk in a heavy rain or in muddy areas 10. Saying the bracha of שעשה לי כל צרכי on Yom Kippur or Tisha b’Av 11. Must one wash his hands after touching non-leather footwear? 12. Are leather shoes muktzah on Yom Kippur? 13. Differences in halacha between Yom Kippur, Tisha b’Av, and aveil