Requests on the Seventh Day of Passover that Falls on Shabbat
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Question
Shalom and blessings. On the seventh day of Passover, it is customary to request and pray for sustenance and a match. I wanted to know if this year, when the seventh day of Passover falls on Shabbat, it is permissible to make these requests, since personal requests are not made on Shabbat. Thank you very much!
Answer
Shalom Rav
Personal requests should not be made on Shabbat, except for those explicitly mentioned in the prayer.
Source
I am quoting from the rulings of our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Ovadia Fried, shlita [Azmera Leshimcha issue 161]
The sages decreed not to make verbal personal requests regarding material matters on Shabbat, and the reason for this decree is that it causes sorrow (Shibolei HaLeket, siman 128, and Responsa of Maharam Mintz, siman 87). Therefore, thoughts not included in the decree are permitted [unless they cause sorrow, in which case one should avoid even in thought], and it is also possible to make requests on Shabbat through the recitation of "Mi Sheberach"... and "Shabbat is not a time for crying out," etc. (Responsa Avkat Rochel, siman 11-14, Mishnah Berurah, siman 288, sk 28)
It is also forbidden to make verbal spiritual requests on Shabbat, although they do not cause as much sorrow, still, we have not found permission to make them, and the sages made no distinction, but in thought, it is permitted.
Source of the law:
Jerusalem Talmud, Shabbat, chapter 15, Vayikra Rabbah 34, Taanit 19, Bava Batra 91, Shabbat 12, siman 288, sk 22, and siman 316, and see Imrei Noam (the Gaon of Vilna) Berachot 48: Tosafot beginning "HaMati," and regarding material requests in thought see siman 306, sk 8, and Mishnah Berurah, sk 38, which writes "And all the more so if he has anxiety of heart and worry due to thoughts, he should be cautious in this," and see Eshel Avraham, the Gaon of Butchatch, siman 306, and see Otzer Zvulun, laws of Motzaei Shabbat, siman 89)