Q. Someone went to deliver Shalach Monois on Purim and realized that his friends were not at home. He called them on their cell and they told him that they are out of town. He realized that he could not just leave the beautiful basket outside as it would likely be stolen, so he went home and had one of his guest make a Kinyan (acquisitive act, such as lifting) on the basket in the name of his travelling friends. Then he took a picture of the beautiful Shalach Monois and send it to his friends, telling them that as soon as they return he would deliver it.
Did he comply with the mitzva of Shalach Monois?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that he complies.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a
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