Arranging the home when one is not there on Shabbat
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Question
For Shabbat for all the reasons
Topic: Honor of Shabbat
Question: Is there any value in organizing the house especially in honor of Shabbat, even if one is going away as a guest?
Topic: Honor of Shabbat
Question: Is there any value in organizing the house especially in honor of Shabbat, even if one is going away as a guest?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
There is no mitzvah in this.
The mitzvah applies when a person is in his home, that it be clean and orderly for Shabbat.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 262:1
He should arrange his table, make the beds, and see to all matters of the house, so that he will find it prepared and orderly when he returns from the synagogue.
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