Asking on Shabbat for someone to turn on a light for me
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For Shabbat for all the reasons
Topic: Using electricity on Shabbat
Question: • Is it permitted to ask someone who does not observe Shabbat to turn on a light?
Topic: Using electricity on Shabbat
Question: • Is it permitted to ask someone who does not observe Shabbat to turn on a light?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
Every Jew is obligated to observe Shabbat, and therefore it is forbidden to ask a Jew to turn on a light, since by doing so we cause him to stumble in a transgression.
However, the Sages also forbade asking a non‑Jew to do work for me on Shabbat, even though he is not obligated to observe Shabbat, because his action is attributed to the Jew who sends him to do it.
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