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Laws Derived from Isaiah: Measuring (719)

Chapter 29

Laws Derived from Isaiah: Running, Walking, Commerce, Measuring, Reading, Speaking

MEASURING AND WEIGHING ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV

36. An experienced tradesman is also prohibited from estimating the weight of an item by picking it up in his hand, except in the following situation:

a. his purpose is not for trading, but for use at home, and

b. he does not hold weights in his other hand for comparison.

37.a. One must not weigh oneself or another person.

37.b. Similarly, one must not measure a person’s height or any of his other dimensions.

37.c. For the weighing of a baby when one has to know if it has gained after a feed, and how much, see Chapter 37, paragraph 5.

 

The halachot are taken from the book 'Shemirath Shabbath Kehilchatha - English Edition' under the authority of the Feldheim Publishers. All rights are reserved for the heirs of the author, the late Rabbi Y. Neuwirth ZT"L, and for Feldheim Publishers. Copying or distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited; distribution for the benefit of the public is allowed, without any compensation.
“Shabbos is capable of having mercy upon us, and Hakadosh Baruch Hu will gather us from our exile. And were Yisrael to observe two Shabbasos properly, they would immediately be redeemed” (Zohar Chadas, Vayeshev)