Responsa for Moed Katan 23:13
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> וצריכא דאי אשמעינן קמייתא בההיא קאמר ר' יוסי משום דמישחא נפיש פסידיה אבל חמרא דלא נפיש פסידיה אימא מודי ליה לרבי יהודה ואי אשמעינן בתרייתא בההיא קאמר רבי יהודה אבל בהך אימא מודה לר' יוסי צריכא
on Sabbaths, festivals, or in the festival week, but if they come [and do it] of their own accord,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the non.jewish herdsmen drive the cattle into the field without any Instruction or request from the owner of the field. rgb');"><sup>12</sup></span> it is allowed; and they may not be assisted [to it].
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Is a Jew, who lives alone among Gentiles, permitted to ask his Gentile friend to hire laborers to do his work on the Sabbath?
A. He is not permitted to do so lest the members of his family or occasional Jewish guests, think that he hired the laborers himself.
SOURCES: Cr. 42; Pr. 427; cf. Rashba I, 875.
You were justified in forbidding the practice of the Jews who used to enter a Gentile's store on the Sabbath, choose hats for themselves, put them on their heads, and walk out with them, even though they bargained for them on the following day; for the hats might have been finished on that very Sabbath.
SOURCES: Wertheimer 13.
A. He is not permitted to do so lest the members of his family or occasional Jewish guests, think that he hired the laborers himself.
SOURCES: Cr. 42; Pr. 427; cf. Rashba I, 875.
You were justified in forbidding the practice of the Jews who used to enter a Gentile's store on the Sabbath, choose hats for themselves, put them on their heads, and walk out with them, even though they bargained for them on the following day; for the hats might have been finished on that very Sabbath.
SOURCES: Wertheimer 13.
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