Commentary page
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 287
This page gathers the commentary on one source unit: the classic commentaries as they are printed, the sources the text cites, the sages named in it and direct links back to the text.
Read the full text in the readerOrach Chayim Siman 287
Orach Chayim Siman 287 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
Original text
<b>ניחום אבלים וביקור חולים בשבת. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>יכולים לנחם אבלים בשבת וכן יכולים לבקר את החולה ולא יאמר לו כדרך שאומר לו בחול אלא אומר לו שבת היא מלזעוק ורפואה קרובה לבא ורחמיו מרובים ושבתו בשלום: הגה וי"א דא"צ לומר ורחמיו מרובים וכן נהגו (רמב"ם פכ"ד):
Comforting Mourners and Visiting the Sick on Shabbos: We may comfort mourners on Shabbat and we may visit the sick. We do not speak to them the same way we speak to them during the week. Rather, we say to them “It is Shabbos, when it is forbidden to cry out; healing will [surely] come soon, for His mercies are abundant; rest on Shabbos in tranquility". Rema: There are those who say that we do not have to say 'His mercies are abundant' and such is the custom. (Rambam)
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0