Commentary page
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 614
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 614
Orach Chayim Siman 614 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 4 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
What to track
Read each seif as a separate step. Identify the action, the condition that limits it and any distinction between cases before moving to the next seif.
Study lens
Look for a turn toward a more precise resolution. The source text remains the primary evidence; this note offers a structured way to enter it rather than replacing close reading.
- a turn toward a more precise resolution
Continue the sequence
Parallel sources
Lessons and study tools
A unit-by-unit map of all 4 seifim on this page: opening words, the moves the text actually makes and a link back to that exact seif.
Original text
<b>דיני סיכה ונעיל' הסנדל. ובו ד סעיפים:</b><br>אסור לסוך אפילו מקצת גופו ואפילו אינו אלא להעביר הזוהמא אבל אם הוא חולה אפילו אין בו סכנה או שיש לו חטטין בראשו מותר:
“The laws of annointment and wearing shoes” - Containing four paragraphs. It is forbidden to annoint oneself even a little (part) of one’s body and even if it is only to remove dirt (sweat), but if one is sick, even if there is no danger or if he has rashes (scabs) on his head he is permitted (to annoint himself).
אסור לנעול סנדל או מנעל של עור אפי' קב הקיטע וכיוצא בו אפי' של עץ ומחופה עור אסור אבל של גמי או של קש או של בגד או של שאר מינים מותר אפילו לצא' בהם לרשו' הרבים (ומותר לעמוד על כרים וכסתות של עור ומ"מ המחמיר תבא עליו ברכה) (מרדכי דיומא ותה"ד סי' קמ"ט):
It is forbidden to put on a sandle or a shoe of leather, not even as a sole on an artificial leg and to go out with it. Even if it is wooden (the shoe) and covered with leather it is forbidden, but if it is made of reed or straw or cloth or other things, it is permissible even to go outside in them to the public domain (the street). (It is permissible to stand on cushions and pillows of leather, and anyhow one who is strict about these things will be blessed,) ( מרדכי דיומא ותה״ד סי‘ קמ״ט ). on Yoma and Terumat ha-Deshen , chapter 149. מרדכי דיומא ותה״ד סי‘ קמ״ט . For Mordekhai and his commentary on the Talmud tractate Yoma, מרדכי דיומא ; see footnote 24. For Terumat ha-Deshen , תה״ד ; see footnote 96.
החיה כל שלשים יום מותרת לנעול את הסנדל והחולה כיוצא בו אע"פ שאין בו סכנה וכן מי שיש לו מכה ברגליו:
One who has just given birth, during the first thirty days (of the recovery) she is permitted to wear shoes, and the sick person is just like that even though (the sick person) is not dangerously sick, and so the person who has a sore on his foot (is also allowed to put on shoes).
מותר כל אדם לנעול סנדל מחמת עקרב וכיוצא בו כדי שלא ישכנו אם מצויים שם עקרבים או דברים הנושכים: הגה ואם ירדו גשמים ורוצה לילך לביתו מבהכ"נ או להיפך והוא איסטניס מותר לנעול מנעליו עד שמגיע למקומו (מהרי"ל):
Every person is permitted to wear shoes because of a scorpion and the like so that they will not bite him if they happen to be found, (if the place is infested with) scorpions or things that bite. Hagah : If rain was falling and one wanted to walk to his house from the synagogue or the opposite way (from the synagogue to his house) and he is sickly (or delicate), he is permitted to put on shoes until he reaches his place, ( מהרי״ל )., מהרי״ל ; see footnote 8.
English translation: Hilkhot Yom ha-Kippurim, trans. by Jan M. Brahms. HUC, 1976 · CC-BY