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# However, it’s forbidden to benefit from an action of a non-Jew where the action was done for a Jew. For example, if a non-Jewish maid boils a pot of hot water for a cup of hot-water, the family members may not benefit from the rest of the hot water in the pot which was probably heated for them. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 68) </ref> | # However, it’s forbidden to benefit from an action of a non-Jew where the action was done for a Jew. For example, if a non-Jewish maid boils a pot of hot water for a cup of hot-water, the family members may not benefit from the rest of the hot water in the pot which was probably heated for them. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 68) </ref> | ||
===What Is Considered Direct Benefit?=== | ===What Is Considered Direct Benefit?=== | ||
# It’s permitted to hint to a goy not in a commanding way like “it’s too dark in here”, or “I can’t read with this lighting”. One can benefit from the goy’s action only if beforehand one could have read under that light with difficulty (the room was dimly lit). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 307:76, | # It’s permitted to hint to a goy not in a commanding way like “it’s too dark in here”, or “I can’t read with this lighting”. One can benefit from the goy’s action only if beforehand one could have read under that light with difficulty (the room was dimly lit). <Ref> Mishna Brurah 307:76, Magen Avraham, and Knesset Hagedolah in name of the Maharmat. Pri Megadim explains that it’s not real benefit since one could have read beforehand anyway and the light is just improved. This is codified in 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1 pg 66). </ref> | ||
# If a non-Jew turns on a light (on his own initiative) in a room which was totally dark and one was unable to read, it’s nonetheless forbidden for the Jew to benefit from the light that the non-Jew turned on. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 65) </ref> | # If a non-Jew turns on a light (on his own initiative) in a room which was totally dark and one was unable to read, it’s nonetheless forbidden for the Jew to benefit from the light that the non-Jew turned on. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 65) </ref> | ||
# One may benefit from the action of a non-Jew which improved a situation but didn’t altogether make something unusable into something useable. For example, it’s permissible to benefit if a non-Jew tightens a already working but wobbly doorknob, chair, or table. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 67) </ref> | # One may benefit from the action of a non-Jew which improved a situation but didn’t altogether make something unusable into something useable. For example, it’s permissible to benefit if a non-Jew tightens a already working but wobbly doorknob, chair, or table. <Ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 67) </ref> | ||
