Daily Halacha - If One Ate on Shabbat for Personal Enjoyment Without Intending for Shabbat Pleasure, Did They Fulfill the Mitzvah?
How to balance personal enjoyment with spiritual intention on Shabbat
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If One Ate on Shabbat for Personal Enjoyment Without Intending for Shabbat Pleasure, Did They Fulfill the Mitzvah?
We have a principle that mitzvot require intention [Shulchan Aruch 60, 4] but for mitzvot where the main aspect is the result, intention is not critical. Therefore, one fulfills the obligation of oneg Shabbat (Shabbat pleasure) even without specific intention.
And if one intends both for personal enjoyment and for Shabbat pleasure, it appears there is no deficiency in this [Shulchan Aruch 165, Yabia Omer 6, 14].
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