SECTION 525 The Laws Pertaining to Loans on a Festival (1-2)

סימן תקכה דִּין הַלְוָאָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב וּבוֹ ב' סְעִיפִים:

1 When a storekeeper sells [different] types of food and drink on a festival on credit, he may demand payment in [a court of] law on the following day1 [if the purchaser does not settle the account amicably].

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2 Charity collectors may collect [different] types of food and drink from [the residents of] courtyards on a festival as they do during the week. However, they should not make announcements [that they are collecting for charity] like they do during the week2 because it is possible to collect [this charity] without making announcements. Instead, they should make the collections in a private [and unobtrusive manner], placing the food in their bosoms, and dividing [it among the needy residents of] every neighborhood individually.

א חֶנְוָנִי הַמַּקִּיף מִינֵי מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה בְּיוֹם טוֹבא – יָכוֹל לִתְבּוֹעַ אוֹתָם לְמָחָר בְּדִין שֶׁיִּפְרְעוּ לוֹ.ב,1

ב גַּבָּאֵי צְדָקָה גּוֹבִין מֵהַחֲצֵרוֹת מִינֵי מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה בְּיוֹם טוֹב כְּדַרְכָּן בְּחֹל, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יַכְרִיזוּ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהֵן מַכְרִיזִין בְּחֹל,ג,2 שֶׁהֲרֵי אֶפְשָׁר לִגְבּוֹת בְּלֹא הַכְרָזָה,ד אֶלָּא גּוֹבִין בְּצִנְעָא וְנוֹתְנִין לְתוֹךְ חֵיקָם, וּמְחַלְּקִין לְכָל שְׁכוּנָה וּשְׁכוּנָה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ.