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Grating a Vegetable on Shabbat by a Non-Jew

Question

Hello, honorable Rabbi,

Is it permissible on Shabbat to have a non-Jew grate a carrot using an electric grater, or using a mechanical grater?

Thank you very much.

Answer

Shalom u’vrachah,

Anything that is forbidden for a Jew to do himself, it is forbidden to tell a non-Jew to do for him.

Answered 12 November 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
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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