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Task performed by a Gentile in a hotel on Shabbat
If a Shaliach is living in a hotel owned by a Gentile, and the hotel owner hired workers to paint the windows, should the Shaliach prevent the workers from painting in the premises where he lives on Shabbat and Yomtov?
Answer: It is permissible to allow the workers to paint on Shabbat as instructed by the hotel owner, and it is not necessary to try to prevent them. It is not permissible however, to look at those windows on Shabbat in order to enjoy their new colour.

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There are no hard and fast rules about white shirts. In general, a white shirt is considered to be a modest but respectable garment, and a person should wear clothing that is respectable.


Also, part of the day is spent standing in prayer in front of the Creator, and this certainly warrants respectable attire.


In any case, the main thing is not the external garments, but rather the spiritual ones, namely, a person’s thought, speech, and deed. Physical clothing is only a means to the end, the goal being purity of spiritual garments.

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