EXHIBIT 5.1


                            WOLFF & SAMSON, P.A.
                             5 Becker Farm Road
                             Roseland, NJ 07068

                                             August 22, 2000

Syms Corp
Syms Way
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

        Re:    Syms Corp Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

        This opinion is rendered in connection with the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, on behalf of Syms Corp, a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"),
relating to 500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.05 par value per
share (the "Shares"), to be issued upon the exercise of options granted or to
be granted pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Incentive Stock
Option and Appreciation Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

        We have acted as special New Jersey counsel for the Company in
connection with the Registration Statement.  In so acting, we have examined
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,
of the Plan, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, as
amended, and such other corporate records, certificates of Company officers
and public officials and other documents and have made such inquiries and
investigations of law, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis
for the opinions hereinafter set forth.




        In our examination of the foregoing, we have assumed the legal
capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic,
telecopy or conformed copies thereof and the authenticity of the originals of
all such documents.  As to certain matters of fact material to the opinions
expressed herein, we have relied solely and exclusively upon statements made
in certificates of public officials and Company officers.  We have conducted
no independent inquiry or investigation into or with respect to any of the
factual matters contained therein and have assumed the accuracy thereof
without undertaking to verify the same.

        We are authorized to practice law in the State of New Jersey and we
do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion hereunder
concerning, any law other than the laws of the State of New Jersey (except
the securities or "blue sky" laws thereof, as to which we express no
opinion).  Our opinions expressed herein are based upon existing laws, which
laws are subject to change.

        Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated
herein, we are of the opinion that:

        1.     The Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of the
State of New Jersey.

        2.     The Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Plan, including payment of the applicable purchase price, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable under the



laws of the State of New Jersey.

        This opinion is intended solely for your benefit and use and may
not, without our prior written consent, be otherwise used or referred to and
may not be relied upon in any manner or for any purpose by any other person
or entity.  This opinion is given as of the date hereof.  We assume no
obligation to update or supplement this opinion to reflect any facts or
circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in
laws which may hereafter occur.

        We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement relating to the Shares and to the use of our name
wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                         /s/ Wolff & Samson, P.A.