An Upside-Down Shoe - A Superstition?

Greetings, there is no prohibition against having shoes placed upside down. Nevertheless, it is a custom among the Yemenite and Babylonian communities to be stringent about this. Sources: In the book 'Segulot Raboteinu' (pages 382-383), Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, shlit"a, was asked about this practice and if there is a source for it. He replied that it is not halacha, but it is unnecessary to be different from all others. However, there (footnote 72) it is brought from Rabbi Yosef Tzabari, shlit"a, in his book 'Shulchan Aruch Hakatzar,' part 4 (siman 146, se'if 2, sub-section 4), that the Yemenites were accustomed to adhere to this stringency because it appears as a lack of respect to Hashem the dwelling One. Similarly, this is also the custom of the Babylonians, may it be His will, and as attested by Rabbi Yisrael Hillel, shlit"a. On the other hand, there is a responsum in 'Omanut Nehorai' (Yoreh De'ah siman 22) written in the name of Rabbi Meir Mazuz, shlit"a, stating that he has not heard of this matter and it is considered baseless. Blessings, Hillel Meirs