Chapter 29
Laws Derived from Isaiah: Running, Walking, Commerce, Measuring, Reading, Speaking
GIFTS AND TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV
29.a. It is forbidden to give or receive a gift on Shabbath or Yom Tov, except for the purposes of Shabbath or Yom Tov or in the manner described below.
29.b. One is, therefore, allowed to give someone an ethrog or a lulav on the first (or second) day of Sukkoth so that he can perform the mitzva of taking the arba’a minim.
29.c. 1) a) If one wishes to present a gift on Shabbath or Yom Tov, one should transfer its ownership to the recipient prior to Shabbath or Yom Tov.
b) One can do this by handing it to a third person, who accepts it on his behalf.
c) The presentation can then take place on Shabbath or Yom Tov.
2) Where this has not been done, the presentation may nonetheless take place on Shabbath or Yom Tov, but the recipient should have the intention not to acquire ownership of the gift until Shabbath or Yom Tov is over.
3) This situation commonly occurs when a public presentation is made on Shabbath or Yom Tov to a bridegroom who delivers a discourse, or to a bar mitzva boy.
