Directing Someone to Transgress an Issur
Question
A Jew asked for hot water to make tea on Shabbos in a permitted way, and another Jew directed him to a hot-water urn whose Shabbos setting was not working. The first Jew then used that hot water.Did the one who directed him transgress an issur?
Answer
Shalom uVracha,
If the one who answered knew that it was forbidden, he transgressed “lifnei iver lo sitein michshol”.
But if he did not know, he is considered blameless (אנוס).
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