Instructing a Child to Perform Work After Accepting Shabbos
Question
On Friday, after my wife lit the candles and I accepted Shabbat, I discovered that I forgot to turn off the oven (the fish were in the oven). Is it permissible for me to tell my young child to turn off the oven?
Answer
Greetings,
The child follows his parents’ accepting Shabbos, and it is forbidden to tell him to do labor.
Source
See Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 263:10
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