Telling a Non-Jew to Cook for Him on Shabbat
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Question
On Friday, the cook forgot to add spices to the soup. (The soup contained only chicken and vegetables.) On Friday night, one of the boys told a non-Jew to add salt and soup powder to the soup, and the non-Jew did so. Is it permissible to eat the soup on Shabbat? And what is the law if it happened during twilight?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
The salt and spices that the non-Jew placed in the food were cooked on Shabbat in violation.
Anything cooked in violation by a non-Jew is forbidden until the end of Shabbat, and even after Shabbat ends, one must wait 'the time it takes to perform the task' so that the Jew does not benefit from what the non-Jew did for him on Shabbat.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Siman 318, Se'if 8. Siman 307, Se'if 20.