[Avodah] shabbas/yom tov invites...

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Harvey Benton asked:

> 1. if someone were to set a hammer and nails (or a
> skillsaw/electric drill, etc.) in front of a person with a
> pile of 2x4's on shabbas/yom tov; would that person be
> over on lifnei iver???

My guess is that the mere presence of such items, without some sort of motivation to build something, would not be a problem. But I don't know.

> 2. if someone invites a fellow jew to a meal on shabbas or
> yom tov to his/her house/shul/bar mitzavah, etc, knowing
> full-well 100 % they will drive either to the meal or from
> the meal, are they being lifnei iver??? and if not (what i
> have usually heard) then why not???

I have never heard that this is not lifnei iver. I *have* heard that the influence on him, and the possibility of his developing a better relationship with Hashem, might override the prohibition. But not that the prohibition is absent.

Akiva Miller

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