shabbat guest

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Answered by Aaron Abadi

The same goes for non-observant Jews. You can have them if they will respect your religion and are interested in seeing your practices. Also for any other constructive purposes. On the contrary, it's a good thing. The only problem is that you cannot cook extra for them on Yom Tov (Holidays). Explain this to them in simple English in advance. Say to them, "our laws limit the cooking on certain Holidays. If there is anything you would want other than what is being served you are welcome to put it up yourself." Or just say that "we are limited to the foods we already cooked." People might think this is discrimination. People think that Observant Jews that refuse to marry non-Jews are discriminating. We have our religion. Anyone who marries outside their religion is not capable of properly observing his/her religion. It is especially the case with such a comprehensive one like Judaism. The same is with foods. Cooking on Holidays is very limited even for ourselves. We were therefore not permitted to cook extra for others who do not keep these laws and can cook for themselves. The cooking was permitted out of necessity. If they can cook for themselves, there is no urgency. However, if we cook for ourselves, we can feed it to them, too. AA