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==Is it permissible to have a magic show?== | ==Is it permissible to have a magic show?== | ||
#For Sephardim it is forbidden to perform a magic trick even though everyone there knows it is only slight of hand. According to many authorities it is a Biblical prohibition.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer YD 5:14 writes that according to the Rambam doing a magic trick that is only slight of hand is a Biblical prohibition according to the Rambam and Sefer Hachinuch and we follow their opinion. Therefore, it is forbidden even for a mitzvah such as for a wedding or kids in the hospital. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1192 Rabbi Mansour] agrees.</ref> | #For Sephardim it is forbidden to perform a magic trick even though everyone there knows it is only slight of hand. According to many authorities it is a Biblical prohibition.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer YD 5:14 writes that according to the Rambam doing a magic trick that is only slight of hand is a Biblical prohibition according to the Rambam and Sefer Hachinuch and we follow their opinion. This is also the opinion of Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 179:25. Therefore, it is forbidden even for a mitzvah such as for a wedding or kids in the hospital. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1192 Rabbi Mansour] agrees.</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to hire a non-Jew to do magic tricks for a wedding or children in the hospital.<ref>Yabia Omer YD 5:14 explains that since hiring a non-Jew is only forbidden by the rabbis it is permitted for a mitzvah. Chazon Ovadia Shabbat v. 3 p. 500 reiterates this ruling. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1192 Rabbi Mansour] agrees.</ref> | # It is permitted to hire a non-Jew to do magic tricks for a wedding or children in the hospital.<ref>Yabia Omer YD 5:14 explains that since hiring a non-Jew is only forbidden by the rabbis it is permitted for a mitzvah. Chazon Ovadia Shabbat v. 3 p. 500 reiterates this ruling. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1192 Rabbi Mansour] agrees.</ref> | ||
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