Chapter 18
Specific Laws Relating to the Transfer of Objects from One Place to Another on Shabbath, Where There Is No Eiruv*
Specific laws relating to the transfer of objects from one place to another on Yom Tov are dealt with in Chapter 19.
ARTICLES WHICH ARE WORN
5.a. One may wear two similar articles of clothing, one over the other, in a place where one does indeed sometimes go out dressed in such a manner.
5.b. This is so, even though
1) one’s sole purpose is, in this way, to take one of the garments through reshuth ha-rabbim to another person or
2) it is the underneath article which is serving the function of a garment, whereas the upper is being worn over it only because it looks more dignified.
5.c. Accordingly,
1) a doctor may go out wearing a white coat over his clothes and
2) a person may go out wearing a gartel (special belt worn by some during prayer), even if his trousers are already supported by an ordinary belt or suspenders (braces).
5.d. See also paragraph 9 below.
6.a. One is allowed to bring a tallith to the synagogue by wearing it, even under one’s coat.
6.b. One may fold the sides of one’s tallith up onto one’s shoulders so that it should not hang down too far.
6.c. One should not go out with one’s tallith folded and wound around one’s neck.
