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].

א חֶנְוָנִי הַמַּקִּיף מִינֵי מַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה בְּיוֹם טוֹבא – יָכוֹל לִתְבּוֹעַ אוֹתָם לְמָחָר בְּדִין שֶׁיִּפְרְעוּ לוֹ.ב1

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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.

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.