Responsa for Eruvin 77:12
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאן לא הודו לו אמר רב ר' יוסי היא דתניא מודים חכמים לר"א בר"ה שהיה ירא שמא תתעבר מערב אדם שני עירובין ואומר עירובי בראשון למזרח ובשני למערב בראשון למערב ובשני למזרח עירובי בראשון ובשני כבני עירי עירובי בשני ובראשון כבני עירי ר' יוסי אוסר
R'DOSA B. HARKINAS RULED: THE PERSON WHO ACTS AS CONGREGATIONAL READER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he who passes before the (reading) chest'.');"><sup>25</sup></span> ON [THE FIRST DAY OF] THE FESTIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR SAYS: 'FORTIFY US, O LORD OUR GOD, ON THIS FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, WHETHER IT BE TODAY OR TOMORROW'; AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAY HE SAYS: '[FORTIFY US ETC.] WHETHER IT BE TODAY OR YESTERDAY'. THE SAGES, HOWEVER, DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The point at issue between the Sages and R. Dosa is explained infra in the GEMARA:');"><sup>26</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. The decision of the teacher is incorrect, for ordinarily whatever a Jew is not allowed to do on the Sabbath, he is not permitted to tell a Gentile to do.
This Responsum is addressed to R. Nathan, an uncle of R. Meir. But according to Cr. 20, it was sent to R. Hezekiah of Merseburg.
SOURCES: Cr. 20; Pr. 637; Wertheimer 15; Mord. Shabb. 314; Hag. Maim., Shabbat 6, 9.