In orthodox circles, If person drives a car on shabbos, it is safe to say that he is not a shomrei Shabbos. This one is pretty easy. How about the scenario, where the host drinks wine at Shabbos table and not offering it to his guests? Would be this person considered a shomrei Shabbos too?
Answer:
If I undersand correctly, the person drank wine at his own table, and didn’t offer any to his guests.
This is not very courteous behavior, and it might cause his guests to take offence, but it definitely won’t rank him as a non-shomer Shabbos.
How is failing to offer wine related to keeping Shabbos? Perhaps you mean that he didn’t offer wine for Kiddush, but this is still far from Shabbos desecration, chas ve-shalom.
Best wishes.
Can a person serve a pork at Shabbos table and remain shomer Shabbos? For me personally, being rude to your guest is equivalent to eating pork. I was under the impression, that among the ethical teachings of the Rabbis, the duties of hospitality occupy a very prominent position. Some regard hospitality more highly than the reception given to the Shekinah.
Somebody who serves pork at the Shabbos table is not desecrating Shabbos, but he wouldn’t be called “shomer Shabbos” in the loose sense of the definition of a Torah observant Jew.
However, somebody who is simply rude, ill-mannered, nasty, and so on, doesn’t make him non-observant. He is an observant Jew who needs to work on his middos, and while he doesn’t he will naturally be transgressing several Torah violations — but many observant Jews transgress many sins, and yet they remain observant Jews…
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