A guest does not bring another guest

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A guest does not bring another guest

A guest does not bring another guest

It is not customary for a guest to bring an additional guest on their own initiative, without prior approval from the host.

(As written in the Book of Ben Sira: 'I have weighed everything in the balance and found nothing lighter than company, lighter than company—a groom living in his father-in-law's house, lighter than a groom—a guest bringing a guest, lighter than a guest—he who answers before he hears; as it is said (Proverbs 18): He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.'—Bava Batra 98b. Also: 'A guest does not bring a guest; it is enough that the host benefits him.'—Rashi, Bava Batra 98b. Also: 'Now that I myself depend on the table of others, I am not allowed to obligate the host to provide for you as well. According to the law, a guest does not bring a guest.'—Mendele/Small Stories, In the Days of the Earthquake)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין אוֹרֵחַ מַכְנִיס אוֹרֵחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין זֶה מְקֻבָּל שֶׁאֹרַח יָבִיא עִמּוֹ אוֹרֵחַ נוֹסָף עַל דַּעַת עַצְמוֹ, לְלֹא אִשּׁוּר מֵרֹאשׁ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת.

("כַּדַּכְתִּיב בַּסֵּפֶר בֶּן סִירָא: הַכֹּל שָׁקַלְתִּי בְּכַף מֹאזְנַיִם וְלֹא מָצָאתִי קַל מִסֻּבִּין, וְקַל מִסֻּבִּין- חָתָן הַדָּר בְּבֵית חָמִיו, וְקַל מֵחָתָן- אוֹרֵחַ מַכְנִיס אוֹרֵחַ, וְקַל מֵאוֹרֵחַ- מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמַע, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מִשְׁלֵי י"ח): מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמַע אִוֶּלֶת הִיא לוֹ וּכְלִמָּה"- בָּבָא בָּתְרָא צַח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"אֵין אוֹרֵחַ מַכְנִיס אוֹרֵחַ, דְּיוֹ אִם מְהַנֶּה לוֹ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת"- רָשִׁ"י בָּבָא בָּתְרָא צַח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"עַכְשָׁו,שֶׁאֲנִי בְּעַצְמִי סָמוּךְ עַל שֻׁלְחָן אֲחֵרִים, הֲרֵי אֵינִי רַשַּׁאי לְחַיֵּב אֶת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת גַּם בִּמְזוֹנוֹתֶיךָ. וְעַל פִּי דִּין אֵין אוֹרֵחַ מַכְנִיס אוֹרֵחַ"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי/ סִפּוּרִים קְטַנִּים, בִּימֵי הָרַעַשׁ)

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