Chapter 28
A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations
REMUNERATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED ON SHABBATH OR YOM TOV
52.a. The receipt of any consideration, whether monetary or otherwise, even food, due in payment for services rendered on Shabbath is forbidden (subject to some limited exceptions referred to in paragraphs 54, 55 and 67 below)
52.b. Nevertheless, one may accept a voluntary gift presented in return for such services.
52.c. Something one would be entitled to claim by night (if the services were rendered on a weekday) is not a gift.
but remuneration, and may not be accepted.
52.d. Consequently, one may not receive a “gift”
1) which it was agreed should be given in return for the services or
2) which it is the accepted practice to give in return for such services.
52.e. On the other hand, one may voluntarily return a favor
for another one has received on Shabbath.
53. The prohibition against receiving remuneration is infringed.
a. whether the payment is made after the performance of the services, as is usual in the case of a fee paid for work done, or
b. whether it is paid in advance, before Shabbath, for services to be performed on Shabbath, or even
c. when no payment is made at all, but a previously owed debt is written off against the services rendered.
