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Laws Derived from Isaiah: Speaking (736)

Chapter 29

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

SPEAKING ABOUT THINGS ONE IS FORBIDDEN TO DO ON SHABBATH AND YOM TOV

62. One may talk about the price of an article one has bought (except in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 63 below),

a. when one has already paid for it or

b. even when one has not yet paid for it, if the price is fixed and does not require calculation.

63.a. One should not tell another person that one has bought a particular item in a certain shop, or that one has paid a particular amount for it, if one in fact intends the information to be of practical benefit.

63.b. This could be the case when the person to whom one is speaking is himself thinking of purchasing an article of that kind.

 

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)