Asking a Jew to Work on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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# Just as observant Jews do not violate [[Shabbat]], they equally have a responsibility to prevent other Jews from violating [[Shabbat]] when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep [[Shabbat]] to violate it. By asking a fellow Jew to violate [[Shabbat]], the requester violates "[[Lifnei Iver]] lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause another Jew to violate a law he is obligated in. <ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354) | # Just as observant Jews do not violate [[Shabbat]], they equally have a responsibility to prevent other Jews from violating [[Shabbat]] when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep [[Shabbat]] to violate it. By asking a fellow Jew to violate [[Shabbat]], the requester violates "[[Lifnei Iver]] lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause another Jew to violate a law he is obligated in. <ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354) | ||
* Radvaz 4:258 explains that there should be a problem of Amira LiYisrael, which should be no more allowed than asking a non-Jew. </ref> | * Radvaz 4:258 explains that there should be a problem of Amira LiYisrael, which should be no more allowed than asking a non-Jew. </ref> | ||
# One should make sure neighbors that one may sometimes ask favors from on [[Shabbat]] are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious Jews. <ref> | # One should make sure neighbors that one may sometimes ask favors from on [[Shabbat]] are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious Jews. <ref>see Gemara 150a and Ritva 150a "may shna..." </ref> | ||
==Children== | ==Children== | ||
# see Hitorirut Teshuva 1:134 | # see Hitorirut [[Teshuva]] 1:134 | ||
==Practical cases== | ==Practical cases== | ||
===Asking them to do something you hold is forbidden=== | ===Asking them to do something you hold is forbidden=== |