Bava Kama 71a: If one cooked on Shabbos, if he did so out of forgetfulness, he may eat the food, but if he did so deliberately, he may not eat the food. This is Rabbi Meir’s view, but Rabbi Yehuda says, if he did so out of forgetfulness, he may eat the food only after Shabbos, but if he did so deliberately, he may never eat the food.
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 318:1: If one cooked on Shabbos, if he did so deliberately, it is forbidden to him forever, but others may eat it immediately after Shabbos. If he did so out of forgetfulness, then it is forbidden for everyone during Shabbos and permitted after Shabbos even to him.
בבא קמא עא ע”א: המבשל בשבת, בשוגג ־ יאכל, במזיד ־ לא יאכל, דברי ר״מֹ רבי יהודה אומר: בשוגג ־ יאכל במוצאי שבת, במזיד ־ לא יאכל עולמיתֹ רבי יוחנן הסנדלר אומר: בשוגג ־ יאכל למוצאי שבת לאחרים ולא לו, במזיד ־ לא יאכל עולמית לא לו ולא לאחרים.
שו”ע או”ח שי”ח ס”א: המבשל בשבת במזיד אסור לו לעולם ולאחרים מותר למוצאי שבת מיד ובשוגג אסור בו ביום גם לאחרים ולערב מותר גם לו מיד:
An avreich from France who learns in Kollel Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak gave up a yerushah of tens of millions of euros due to the fact that some of the money was earned through chillul Shabbos.
According to the report, the avreich’s 80-year-old father, a French millionaire who owns about 20 luxury hotels, recently closed a huge business deal, and together with his two brothers, arranged a new will for his increased fortune. The father himself is Shomer Shabbos but some of his relatives are not.
All the heirs, including the avreich, were asked to sign the will. The avreich asked Rabbanim in Eretz Yisrael and France about accepting the money tainted by Chillul Shabbos and was told that despite the huge personal loss, he can’t accept the money.
Several of his relatives tried to come up with legal or business loopholes to allow him to receive the money but he decided to simply forgo the yerusha.
The avreich sent a detailed letter to his father explaining the reasoning behind his refusal to sign the will and his father accepted his son’s decision with great admiration and pride.
[It is not stated which rabbis he asked, but we can raise several questions on this psak.
- Something produced on Shabbos is permitted to everyone after Shabbos, except to the violator himself (Shulchan Aruch 318:1).
- He could have used 6/7 of the money, the part that was not earned on Shabbos.
- It is allowed to have benefit from the value of the item produced on Shabbos (Mishnah Berurah 318:4). Since money is exchangeable, the money this avreich would receive should not be considered “the same money” earned through work on Shabbos.]
A similar story was told about a Jewish family who came to the United States in the days of the 6-day workweek. The father kept losing his job because he refused to work on Shabbos, and the family was evicted from their apartment. The superintendent of the building next door had mercy on the family and allowed them to stay in the cellar, where the coal for the furnace was kept. Soon their skin turned black from the dust of the coal. One day, the children were playing on the sidewalk when a wealthy Jewish man walked by. He beheld a strange sight: black children were speaking Yiddish! He stopped and asked where they lived, and they led him down to the basement. At that moment the mother and father were not there, but he saw the dirty floor on which they slept and the coal box that served as their tables. His heart filled with sorrow for their plight, he placed $500 on the table for them. Just then, the mother walked in and looked him up and down. “Are you shomer Shabbos?” she asked. “Well,” said the man, “I used to be shomer Shabbos back in Europe, but it was too hard to keep Shabbos in America.”
At this, the mother said, “We are living this way because we keep Shabbos. We aren’t interested in money from someone who does not keep Shabbos.”
The man was so impressed that he began to keep Shabbos too. And eventually Hashem helped and the poor family got back on their feet. Both families had children who went on to be among the gedolei Torah in America.
When the above story was told to Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth, he responded with the posuk at the beginning of Shir Hashirim, אל תראוני שאני שחרחורת – “Do not look at me as black, for the sun has scorched me.”
Source: Mayim Chaim, p. 438
[In this story, the second argument above – that 6/7 of the money was earned without chilul Shabbos – does not apply. The man had become wealthy only by being mechalel Shabbos, otherwise he would have been rolling from one menial job to the next. But today, these wealthy hotel owners could have made their millions without chilul Shabbos, for example, by owning the hotels in partnership with a non-Jew. As to the first argument, that something produced through chillul Shabbos is allowed for everyone except the violator himself, here also an argument can be made that if the wealthy man knew that his donation would be accepted, he might continue to work on Shabbos with them (or others in a similar situation) in mind.]
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