To message or not to message?
Question
A car was driving through my neighborhood yesterday on Yomtov. It stopped to apparently, ask directions. What should one’s response be-ignore them, pretend that one doesn’t know the answer, or tell them the shortest route to their destination?
Answer
Thank you for your question.
If it is a non jew then you may tell him the directions, if however it is a jew who is mechallel Shabbos, you should either ignore him or say you don't know.
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Head of the English department at sheilot.com, Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Graduate of Yeshivas Ponovezh and Kollel Ponovezh, tested by Mifal Halacha, Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah (2022–2026)
Basar Vecholv, Ta'aroves, Ribis, Laws of Shabbos, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, Niddah, Tzitzis and Tefillin, Eiruvin, Succah
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