Using a package that arrived on Shabbat
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Question
I ordered products through the website of a company abroad. According to the tracking, the package landed in Israel on Shabbat and was transferred to the post office branch also on Shabbat. Am I allowed to use the products I received, or is it forbidden to benefit from something that was done for me through desecration of Shabbat?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
It is permitted to use the package.
The shipment was carried out by non-Jews, whom you did not send to work on Shabbat, and therefore their decision to do this on Shabbat is solely for their own purposes.
Post office branches that are operated by Jews are closed on Shabbat.
P.S. Very often when it says “Shabbat,” it refers to Motzaei Shabbat (Saturday night) until midnight.
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