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# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to carry something up a tall building even if it’s known that the non-Jew will use the elevator. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:25 </ref>
# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to carry something up a tall building even if it’s known that the non-Jew will use the elevator. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:25 </ref>
# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to get something from a dark room even if it’s clear that he will turn on the lights in order to get that thing. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:26 </ref>
# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to get something from a dark room even if it’s clear that he will turn on the lights in order to get that thing. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:26 </ref>
==For a sick person==
==For a Sick Person==
# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to perform any Melacha even one which is forbidden Deoritta (biblically) for a ill person (someone in the hospital, someone confined to a bed, someone who has a flu, severe toothache, earache, or migraine headaches).  
# It’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to perform any Melacha, even one which is forbidden Deoritta (biblically), for a ill person (someone in the hospital, someone confined to a bed, someone who has a flu, severe toothache, severe earache, or migraine headaches).<ref>The Gemara [[Shabbat]] 129a states that it is permitted to ask a non-Jew to do melacha, even if it is deoritta, for a sick person. S"A 328:17 and Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 30:11 codify this as halacha. The 39 Melachos (vol. 1, p. 73-4) gives a few a examples for above halacha: hospital patient, someone confined to bed out of illness, someone with the flu, severe toothache, severe earache, and a migraine.</ref>
# Similarly, on a very cold day, it’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to turn on the heat as everyone is considered ill in the cold. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 74) </ref>
# Similarly, on a very cold day, it’s permissible to ask a non-Jew to turn on the heat as everyone is considered ill in the cold. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 74) </ref>
# For someone who is ill to the extent that he is suffering discomfort or irritation (a common cold), one may ask a non-Jew to only perform Melacha which is forbidden MeDerabbanan. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 74) </ref>
# For someone who is ill to the extent that he is suffering discomfort or irritation (a common cold), one may ask a non-Jew to only perform Melacha which is forbidden MeDerabbanan. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 74) </ref>