Men Without Hats

Question

I am working at a camp this summer where there is only one minyan for Mincha. Sometimes, due to the nature of my job, I find myself without a hat and jacket during the time for that one Mincha minyan. Should I daven with that minyan without a hat and jacket, or should I daven later with a hat and jacket (as I do at all other times) without a minyan.

Tuvia

Rav Auerbach 

You would never even consider going in front of a king without the proper attire. In the same light, since you always daven with a hat and jacket, it is a great lack of respect to go in front of Hashem without this honorable garb. Therefore, you should most definitely daven by yourself later on without a minyan and not act in a way that slights Hashem’s honor.