Does the rabbinic dispensation to violate shevut (rabbinic prohibition) for a mitzvah extend equally to hospitality (hachnasat orchim)?
Synopsis
The Rema rules that all shevut dispensations granted for mitzvah purposes apply equally to hospitality (hachnasat orchim), which is itself a mitzvah. The Biur Halacha (citing Peri Megadim) qualifies this: only shevut performed for a mitzvah-adjacent activity is permitted — not all shevutim.
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