Timeline for Chess on Shabbat?
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| Feb 11, 2018 at 17:39 | comment | added | Tamir Evan | @NoachMiFrankfurt Maybe he was basing himself on the Rema on O.C. 290:2, who says (translation from Peninei Halakha, which has more to say on the subject): "Working men who do not study Torah all week should study more Torah on Shabbat than scholars, who study Torah all week. Torah scholars should indulge themselves a bit with the pleasure of eating and drinking, since they take pleasure in their learning all week". | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 4:41 | comment | added | Noach MiFrankfurt | Note that the Ya'ave"tz would specifically do things other than learning on Shabbat, since talmidei chachamim are apparently supposed to take the day off from learning (no idea what the source is) | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 3:43 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Note that even weekdays are better spent learning Torah than not | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 3:38 | history | edited | mbloch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2018 at 23:59 | comment | added | sabbahillel | Note that professional chess player, like Sammy Reshevsky would not play on Shabbos Reshevsky was a devout Orthodox Jew and would not play on the Jewish Sabbath; his games were scheduled accordingly.[5] since that was their profession and not a game. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 18:25 | history | answered | mbloch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |