Opening a Milk Carton on Shabbat
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Question
Hello, A person who customarily does not open bottles on Shabbat (Ashkenazi), and his wife is in advanced pregnancy and wants coffee, and the milk carton is closed. 1. Can he try to peel off the cap of the carton with a knife, along with the base? 2. Is it generally permissible to ask a Jew who has not taken upon himself not to open bottles to do this? Does it matter if they are Ashkenazi or Sephardi?
Answer
Hello
1. It is permissible to puncture the carton in a way that does not create a neat opening and pour the milk into another vessel.
2. If he follows the opinion of those who prohibit, he cannot instruct another person to do it, as he considers it a prohibition.
However, if he has taken it upon himself only as a stringency, and according to the basic law follows the opinion of those who permit, he can ask someone who is lenient in this matter to do it for him.