Responsa for Eruvin 77:3
אי צורבא מרבנן הוא אמרי' שמעתא משכתיה ואי עם הארץ הוא אמרי' חמרא אירכס ליה
the motive is obvious<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No one would ordinarily walk on a holy day to the end of his field or to the gate of a province unless he intended, in the former case, to carry' out some work in the field or, in the latter case, to enter a bath house as soon as the day ended.');"><sup>6</sup></span> while here it is not at all obvious. For if the person is a scholar people would assume that he might have been absorbed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it drew him'.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A teacher rendered a decision permitting Jews to instruct a Gentile on the Sabbath to go outside of the city limits in order to be ready to assist relatives of a deceased in their burial operations.
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.
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.
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