Gift for a Wife on Shabbat and Holidays
Question
Hello Rabbi, Is it forbidden to give a gift to a wife on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
Answer
Hello Rabbi,
It is forbidden to give gifts on Shabbat and Yom Tov because it resembles commercial transactions. Therefore, the gift should be given on the eve of Shabbat.
If desired, one can transfer the gift to his wife through another person on the eve of Shabbat and hand it to her on Shabbat.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Mishnah Berurah, Siman 306, S"K 33
It is also forbidden to give a gift to a friend because it resembles buying and selling
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