Commentary for Yevamot 204:19

אמר אביי דאית ביה כתיתי ומשום תענוג אמר ליה רבא ומשום תענוג בלא מנעל ביום הכפורים מי אסירי והא רבה בר רב הונא כריך סודרא אכרעיה ונפיק אלא אמר רבא לא קשיא כאן באנפיליא של עור כאן באנפיליא של בגד

with a shoe, a sandal or a sock either from one house to another or even from one bed to another bed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shows that a sock is also regarded as a shoe. ');">⁶²</span> — Abaye replied: [This refers to a sock] which is furnished with pads, [the prohibition] being due to the pleasure [its wearing affords].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 6. ');">⁶³</span> Said Raba to him: Is [all footwear] forbidden on the Day of Atonement because of the pleasure it affords, even though it cannot be regarded as a shoe? Surely, Rabbah son of R. Huna used to wrap a scarf round his foot and so went out!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Day of Atonement, when as a part of the affliction (cf. Lev. XVI, 29) the wearing of shoes is forbidden. ');">⁶¹</span> — But [in fact], said Raba,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In reply to the contradiction that was pointed out. ');">⁶⁴</span>

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