The Degree of Prohibition of Work Through Indirect Action
Question
Is performing work through indirect action a violation of a Torah prohibition or a rabbinic prohibition?
Answer
Rabbinic. And work that is typically done in this manner is prohibited by the Torah.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
See Shabbat 126 and Rashba there, and in Siman 334, paragraph 22. Also see Bava Kama regarding work that is typically done in this manner, it is a Torah prohibition.
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