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I will tell you the rabbi is right. We said yesterday, in the discussion of kosher, tying, the rabbi is right: if a person ties a permanent knot and it's a professional knot, he's chayav (liable). It means an Issur De'oraita (Torah prohibition); he's chayav. However, let's say he does something that's not permanent. Now we have to understand what's a permanent knot. A permanent knot has to be something that's made to be permanent.
So, some of us, right, if it's made to last less than 24 hours, it's not permanent. If it's something that usually endures for 24 hours, it's a permanent knot. Some say 3 days; if it's something that usually stays tied for 3 days, it's a permanent knot. You can't tie on Shabbat. Some say 7 days. That's the view: if people usually untie it within 7 days, that's not called permanent. Hacham Ovadia seems to be Posek (halachic decisor) like that. If it's usually three days, okay, three days, you know, that's called permanent. Less than three days, not permanent.
So therefore, Hacham Ovadia says, technically, a person comes and ties his shoes on Shabbat. Remember what we said. Even if it's not professional, it cannot be permanent. Okay? That's an Issur DeRabbanan (rabbinic prohibition). Rabbi is right. So Hacham Ovadia says: a person ties his shoes on Shabbat. You have to untie it before Shabbat? No, you don't have to untie it before Shabbat. As long as the knot remains tied for three to seven days, and it's something that you don't generally, you know, keep there forever, that's like this. So you're allowed to tie a shoe and keep it on.
Some, Rabotai (my masters), disagree. Some say within 24 hours, you have to untie it. If you tie it, you have to untie it. Okay? So what about a tie? We're talking about a tie. What about a bow? We're talking about a bow. Shavua Tov, a wonderful day. Join us for daily advice here. And Halacha (Jewish law)...