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# Some hold that the primary obligation of Kavod and Oneg [[Shabbat]] is Deoraytta. Wearing nice clothes is Kavod [[Shabbat]] and eating special foods is Oneg [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:1. Ran Pesachim 99b writes that Oneg Shabbat is | # Some hold that the primary obligation of Kavod and Oneg [[Shabbat]] is Deoraytta. Wearing nice clothes is Kavod [[Shabbat]] and eating special foods is Oneg [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:1. Ran Pesachim 99b writes that Oneg Shabbat is biblical. </ref> | ||
# If wearing a nice tie or jacket on Shabbat in the summer makes a person very hot and uncomfortable some say that it is preferable to wear fancy respectable clothing but not be uncomfortable than to be even fancier and uncomfortable.<ref>Chashukei Chemed Shabbat 25b quotes the Chazon Ish as saying that if a person feels that wearing a tie on Shabbat will make him hot and uncomfortable then it isn't a fulfillment of Kavod Shabbat, honoring Shabbat, if it won't also fulfill Oneg Shabbat, enjoying Shabbat. Or Avraham Brachot siman 79 quotes this as well from the Maaseh Ish p. 134. Chut Shani Shabbat ch. 1 fnt. 2 is cited to agree with the Chazon Ish and explain that it isn't a condition in Kavod Shabbat to be Oneg Shabbat but that it isn't a violation to Kavod Shabbat to remove the uncomfortable clothing when it isn't Oneg Shabbat. Rivevot Efraim 3:554 agrees. See Shalmei Yohanatan 242:1 p. 32 who poses the question whether it preferable to use challah that is store bought and nicer since it is more Kavod Shabbat | # If wearing a nice tie or jacket on Shabbat in the summer makes a person very hot and uncomfortable some say that it is preferable to wear fancy respectable clothing but not be uncomfortable than to be even fancier and uncomfortable.<ref>Chashukei Chemed Shabbat 25b quotes the Chazon Ish as saying that if a person feels that wearing a tie on Shabbat will make him hot and uncomfortable then it isn't a fulfillment of Kavod Shabbat, honoring Shabbat, if it won't also fulfill Oneg Shabbat, enjoying Shabbat. Or Avraham Brachot siman 79 quotes this as well from the Maaseh Ish p. 134. Chut Shani Shabbat ch. 1 fnt. 2 is cited to agree with the Chazon Ish and explain that it isn't a condition in Kavod Shabbat to be Oneg Shabbat but that it isn't a violation to Kavod Shabbat to remove the uncomfortable clothing when it isn't Oneg Shabbat. Rivevot Efraim 3:554 agrees. See Shalmei Yohanatan 242:1 p. 32 who poses the question whether it preferable to use challah that is store bought and nicer since it is more Kavod Shabbat or the tastier homemade bread since it is more Oneg Shabbat.</ref> | ||
# Having special food for the [[Shabbat]] meals for Kavod [[Shabbat]] shouldn’t be less than 2 cooked dishes. Additionally, for Kavod [[Shabbat]] one should try to have fish unless one hates it or doesn’t digest it well. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:2. Yalkut Yosef 242:3 writes that one should try to have fish at all three meals or at least at the first and third unless he doesn't like fish in which case he wouldn't have to eat fish at all. </ref> | # Having special food for the [[Shabbat]] meals for Kavod [[Shabbat]] shouldn’t be less than 2 cooked dishes. Additionally, for Kavod [[Shabbat]] one should try to have fish unless one hates it or doesn’t digest it well. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:2. Yalkut Yosef 242:3 writes that one should try to have fish at all three meals or at least at the first and third unless he doesn't like fish in which case he wouldn't have to eat fish at all. </ref> | ||
# Even someone who doesn’t have a lot of money should make an extra effort to fulfill Kavod [[Shabbat]] and have something special even it is just small fish. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1 explains that this applies even to someone who only has money for 3 meals on [[Shabbat]] and for just a little bit more. </ref> Such a person should save up money or food from the rest of the days of the week so that he can have something special for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:1 </ref> One should note that the Rabbis tell us that what one spends on Shabbat is fixed from the beginning of the year and if one spends more, Hashem will repay him.<ref>Beitzah 16a, Tur 242:1</ref> | # Even someone who doesn’t have a lot of money should make an extra effort to fulfill Kavod [[Shabbat]] and have something special even it is just small fish. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1 explains that this applies even to someone who only has money for 3 meals on [[Shabbat]] and for just a little bit more. </ref> Such a person should save up money or food from the rest of the days of the week so that he can have something special for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch O.C. 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:1 </ref> One should note that the Rabbis tell us that what one spends on Shabbat is fixed from the beginning of the year and if one spends more, Hashem will repay him.<ref>Beitzah 16a, Tur 242:1</ref> | ||
# Only someone who is so poor who really has very little (only 2 meals to eat on [[Shabbat]]), and is unable to borrow from others, for him it’s better to have [[Shabbat]] without anything special in order not to rely on others for money. <Ref> S”A 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1 explains that it only applies to someone who is so poor that he doesn’t have 2 meals for [[Shabbat]] and Mishna Brurah 242:3 adds that this is only someone who can’t borrow money. </ref> | # Only someone who is so poor who really has very little (only 2 meals to eat on [[Shabbat]]), and is unable to borrow from others, for him it’s better to have [[Shabbat]] without anything special in order not to rely on others for money. <Ref> S”A 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:1 explains that it only applies to someone who is so poor that he doesn’t have 2 meals for [[Shabbat]] and Mishna Brurah 242:3 adds that this is only someone who can’t borrow money. </ref> | ||
# However, the above is about someone who has enough money that he doesn’t need to take [[Tzedaka]], however, someone who needs to take [[Tzedaka]], he should get the appropriate amount to respect [[Shabbat]] properly. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:2 </ref> | # However, the above is about someone who has enough money that he doesn’t need to take [[Tzedaka]], however, someone who needs to take [[Tzedaka]], he should get the appropriate amount to respect [[Shabbat]] properly. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 242:1, Yalkut Yosef 242:2 </ref> | ||
# It’s Kavod [[Shabbat]] to do one’s laundry from Thursday prior to [[Shabbat]] so that one’s clothes are clean and fresh for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> S”A 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:5, Yalkut Yosef 242:8 </ref> Laundry should be done before Friday so that one has time to prepare for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> S”A 242:1 writes that laundry should be done on Thursday. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (42 note 13) writes in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman that one may do laundry earlier in the week. Additionally, Mishna Brurah 242:5 explains that it should be done on Friday so that one has time to prepare for [[Shabbat]]. However, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (42 note 13) suggests that perhaps nowadays that it’s easy and quick to do laundry it’s permitted to do it on Friday. This is also the opinion of Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] 242:8, vol 1 pg 13), Chazon Ovadia [[Shabbat]] volume 1 page 24, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv quoted in Avnei Yashfei 1:49, Sh"t Or Litzion 2:16:1, Shevet Hakehati 2:104:4 and Piskei Teshuvot 242:3 writes that such is the Minhag. However, Rav Menashe Klein (author of Mishneh Halachot) in back of Piskei Teshuvot vol 3 writes that nowadays one should still do it on Thursday and not Friday and Chut Hashani 3:1 adds that this is true even if it is done by a non-jew it shouldn't be done on Friday. Ben Ish Chai Parashat Lech Lecha Halacha 8 says if one didn't have a chance for whatever reason to do laundry prior to friday they can certainly be lenient. </ref> | # It’s Kavod [[Shabbat]] to do one’s laundry from Thursday prior to [[Shabbat]] so that one’s clothes are clean and fresh for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> S”A 242:1, Mishna Brurah 242:5, Yalkut Yosef 242:8 </ref> Laundry should be done before Friday so that one has time to prepare for [[Shabbat]]. <Ref> S”A 242:1 writes that laundry should be done on Thursday. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (42 note 13) writes in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman that one may do laundry earlier in the week. Additionally, Mishna Brurah 242:5 explains that it should not be done on Friday so that one has time to prepare for [[Shabbat]]. However, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (42 note 13) suggests that perhaps nowadays that it’s easy and quick to do laundry it’s permitted to do it on Friday. This is also the opinion of Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] 242:8, vol 1 pg 13), Chazon Ovadia [[Shabbat]] volume 1 page 24, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv quoted in Avnei Yashfei 1:49, Sh"t Or Litzion 2:16:1, Shevet Hakehati 2:104:4 and Piskei Teshuvot 242:3 writes that such is the Minhag. However, Rav Menashe Klein (author of Mishneh Halachot) in back of Piskei Teshuvot vol 3 writes that nowadays one should still do it on Thursday and not Friday and Chut Hashani 3:1 adds that this is true even if it is done by a non-jew it shouldn't be done on Friday. Ben Ish Chai Parashat Lech Lecha Halacha 8 says if one didn't have a chance for whatever reason to do laundry prior to friday they can certainly be lenient. </ref> | ||
# One should try to have nice clothing and a special Tallit out of respect for [[Shabbat]]. This is true even if one is alone or with non-Jews.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:16 from gemara [[Shabbat]] 113a which explains the verse in Yishaya 58:13 as saying that one should wear nice clothes different from the weekdays clothing. Yalkut Yosef 242:5 </ref> | # One should try to have nice clothing and a special Tallit out of respect for [[Shabbat]]. This is true even if one is alone or with non-Jews.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:16 from gemara [[Shabbat]] 113a which explains the verse in Yishaya 58:13 as saying that one should wear nice clothes different from the weekdays clothing. Yalkut Yosef 242:5 </ref> | ||
# One need not have special shoes for [[Shabbat]] but one should try to polish and shine them. Someone who has special shoes for [[Shabbat]] is worthy of blessing.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:6 </ref> | # One need not have special shoes for [[Shabbat]] but one should try to polish and shine them. Someone who has special shoes for [[Shabbat]] is worthy of blessing.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 242:6 </ref> | ||
