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 #It is forbidden to have a non-Jew build one's house on Chol Hamoed. This is forbidden even if it is contracted and isn't fired per hour or day. It is forbidden even if it is outside of the town.<ref>Gemara Moed Katan 12a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 543:2</ref>
 #For a mitzvah it is permitted to ask a non-Jew to do construction on Chol Hamoed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 543:1, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata end of ch. 68</ref>
+#If hiring a worker on chol hamoed is cheaper than hiring him afterwards nonetheless it is forbidden to hire the worker on chol hamoed, even if he's non-Jewish.<ref>Chayey Adam 106:12, Mishna Brurah 643:2. However, [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=118&pgnum=239 Chelek Levi 183] disagrees. Chol Hamoed Kehilchato quotes this dispute and adds that Sh"t Maamar Mordechai and Rav Meir Mazuz dispute this Chayey Adam. Chayey Adam explains that it isn't considered a dvar aved to have to spend more for a service that was necessary and would cost more after the moed. It is only considered a loss to permit buying and selling but not to permit melacha. Chelek Levi argues that it is a dvar aved even with respect to melacha and certainly for a non-Jewish worker. Ramban (Piskei Chol Hamoed) seems to be a proof for Chelek Halevi. Gra on 539:9 quotes this Ramban who doesn't distinguish between buying and writing, which is a melacha.</ref>
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