[Avodah] Giving up one's place in line

[Samuel Svarc]

>From: "Elazar M. Teitz" <remt at juno.com>
>Subject: Re: [Avodah] Avodah Digest, Vol 23, Issue 106
>
>     The comment was made about a gadol baTorah that "if I could give
>him my place on line (something that is not always halachically
>proper) I would do it."
>
>     If "giving my place" means letting him in before you, though
>there are others behind you, when is it ever halachically proper,
>since it is chav la'acheirim? And if "giving my place" means
>exchanging places, giving up your place and going to the end of the
>line in his place, when is it ever halachically improper?

When exchanging places would be chav la'cheirim to people who aren't on the
line, like one's wife waiting anxiously for the purchase. Or one's employee,
or... I think we get the picture that there is more to take into account
then just the people on the line.

KT,
MSS