Jew asking Non-Jew for assistance

Question

If a Jew ask you kindly to change me not his room to turn off his coffee machine, what does it mean? If you help out, what is the reward or consequences?

Answer

Shalom,

The specific situation is not quite clear, I will try to answer to the best of my understanding.

Apparently, you are talking about a Jew who asked you on Shabbat or a festival to do for him something that he is forbidden to do.

There is a number of activities forbidden for Jews on Shabbat and festival. Yet it may be permitted to ask a non-Jew to perform them.

Likewise, it is forbidden for a Jew to ask  a non-Jew directly to perform certain actions, yet it is permitted to hint him to perform them.

With regard to your question about the reward, I am assuming that you are asking whether it is considered a good deed, and whether you deserve a spiritual reward. Every person who helps others deserves a reward. In this instance, there is also an element of helping your Jewish friend to keep Shabbat. 

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