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# Example of a hint that do include a command are: “Why didn’t you turn off the light last [[Shabbat]]”, “Do me a favor, there’s not enough light in the room”, “Anyone who turns off the flame won’t loose”, <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:5-7 </ref> or “ If you lower the flame, I will reward you for your effort”. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 71) </ref> | # Example of a hint that do include a command are: “Why didn’t you turn off the light last [[Shabbat]]”, “Do me a favor, there’s not enough light in the room”, “Anyone who turns off the flame won’t loose”, <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:5-7 </ref> or “ If you lower the flame, I will reward you for your effort”. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 71) </ref> | ||
===Hints which don’t include a command=== | ===Hints which don’t include a command=== | ||
# Some say that it is permissible to hint to a non-Jew to do work on [[Shabbat]] if one uses a hint that doesn’t include a command. Others limit this leniency. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 307:76, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:3. | # Some say that it is permissible to hint to a non-Jew to do work on [[Shabbat]] if one uses a hint that doesn’t include a command. Others limit this leniency. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 307:76, Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:3. Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/801713/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Shiur_# yutorah.org (Shabbat Shiur #42, min 68-70)] agrees but uses different terminology (subtle hints are permitted in a case where the benefit is permitted, such as turning off the lights). | ||
* Rav Nissim Karlitz in Chut Shani (v. 3 p. 210) agrees that one may hint to a non-Jew to do melacha with a hint that doesn't include a command, but adds that it has to be a case where it doesn't appear as though one may have commanded the non-Jew on [[Shabbat]], such as if it is an action that is done commonly without the permission of the employer. | * Rav Nissim Karlitz in Chut Shani (v. 3 p. 210) agrees that one may hint to a non-Jew to do melacha with a hint that doesn't include a command, but adds that it has to be a case where it doesn't appear as though one may have commanded the non-Jew on [[Shabbat]], such as if it is an action that is done commonly without the permission of the employer. | ||
* Similarly, Betzel HaChachma 6:65:3 allows a hint which doesn't include a command as long as the non-Jew is not using the Jew's items (otherwise, there is a question of having to protest the non-Jew doing melacha on [[Shabbat]]). See also, S"A HaRav 307:7. | * Similarly, Betzel HaChachma 6:65:3 allows a hint which doesn't include a command as long as the non-Jew is not using the Jew's items (otherwise, there is a question of having to protest the non-Jew doing melacha on [[Shabbat]]). See also, S"A HaRav 307:7. | ||
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# It’s permissible to tell a non-Jew “I don’t have enough (ripped) toilet paper”. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:8 </ref> | # It’s permissible to tell a non-Jew “I don’t have enough (ripped) toilet paper”. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:8 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible to tell a non-Jew “I can’t read the letter” to hint to open the [[mail]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:10 </ref> | # It’s permissible to tell a non-Jew “I can’t read the letter” to hint to open the [[mail]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:10 </ref> | ||
===If the non-Jew asks=== | ===If the non-Jew asks=== | ||
# If one hints to a non-Jew to do a certain action and the non-Jew asks in reply “do you want me to me such and such?”, one may not respond “Yes” because doing so is considered like a command, but rather one should answer “I would appreciate it such an action was done”. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 70-1) </ref> | # If one hints to a non-Jew to do a certain action and the non-Jew asks in reply “do you want me to me such and such?”, one may not respond “Yes” because doing so is considered like a command, but rather one should answer “I would appreciate it such an action was done”. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 70-1) </ref> | ||
