Speech on Shabbat: Difference between revisions

# One may speak about another prohibition other than prohibited melacha, for example on [[Yom Kippur]] one may speak about eating after [[Yom Kippur]]. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:61 </ref>

# One may hint that one’s friend or a non-Jew should pick one up (in a car) after [[Shabbat]] even if it’s not a mitzvah need. <ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]], vol 2, 183) </ref> For example one may ask whether he is available to come after [[Shabbat]] or telling him that he’d be happy if he were able to come after [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:52. The S”A 307:7 writes that one may not hire someone for after [[Shabbat]] but one would be allowed to ask “do you think you would be available to work for me tonight?”.  </ref>

# One may speak for the purposes of a need for the community if that speech is necessary on [[Shabbat]]; for example, one may speak about the issues of a community to the government on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:59 </ref>

# One may discuss financial aspects of a Shidduch (match) if it is necessary for the fruition of the Shidduch, however, specific details and agreement must wait until after [[Shabbat]]. <ref>S”A 306:6, 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 1, pg 106). See also Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:56 who says that a shadchan may suggest a shidduch on Shababt but not fix a price to collect for making the match. Furthermore, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata seems to be strict not to speak about the financial aspects related to the shiddush itself or the obligations of each sides. </ref>

# A father may look for a teacher for his son to teach him a trade and even pledge to him a salary as long as one doesn’t fix a price. <Ref>S”A 306:6 writes that on [[Shabbat]] one may involve oneself in hiring a teacher for one’s son to teach him a trade because this involvement is a mitzvah, however, one may not fix the price with the teacher. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:56 concurs. Beiur Halacha s.v. VeLeLamdo expresses that it’s crucial to also teach one’s son Torah before finding him a profession and when he’s working, otherwise, one could come to severe violations of the law in one’s profession and a breach of the religion (Chas VeShalom). </ref>

# Mundane speech, which doesn’t include (1) a plan to do a Melacha, (2) business speech, (3) degrading speech or (4) frivolity, may be spoken on [[Shabbat]] but one may not speak too much of this type of speech. Moreover, the righteous practice is to avoid this type of speech on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> S”A 307:1, Mishna Brurah 307:5, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:64 </ref>  

# For [[charity]] purposes it is permitted to make calculations (orally). <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:55 </ref>

# The minhag is to permit those who are called up for an Aliyah (reading of the Torah) to donate money to [[charity]] and even mention the amount. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:55 </ref>

# In some places the practice is to “sell” the honors of performing the מצות in Shul on [[Shabbat]]. If there is an alternative it is preferable not to record the sums of the amounts donated even using cards or slips of papers indicating those amounts, however, those who do so have what to rely on. The same applies to an appeal in Shul for a [[charity]]. It is the practice to hand congregants a card bearing his name in order to donate to the [[charity]] by folding down a tab or attaching a paperclip. <Ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:56 </ref>

# A person may not be released from a vow (Hatarat Nedarim) on [[Shabbat]] unless it’s needed for a mitzvah on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>S”A 341:1, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 29:58 </ref> see [[Nedarim_on_Shabbat]]