Responsa for Shabbat 243:5
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> וצריכא דאי אשמעינן נר משום דנר לאחד נר למאה אבל מים ליגזר דילמא אתי לאפושי בשביל ישראל וכבש ל"ל מעשה דרבן גמליאל וזקנים קמ"ל
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A GENTILE LIGHTS A LAMP, AN ISRAELITE MAY MAKE USE OF ITS LIGHT; BUT IF [HE DOES IT] FOR THE SAKE OF THE ISRAELITE, IT IS FORBIDDEN. IF HE DRAWS WATER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From a pit in the street. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> TO GIVE HIS OWN ANIMAL, TO DRINK, AN ISRAELITE MAY WATER [HIS] AFTER HIM; BUT IF [HE DRAWS IT] FOR THE ISRAELITES SAKE, IT IS FORBIDDEN. IF A GENTILE MAKES A STAIRWAY TO DESCEND BY IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: a gangway from a large ship to dry land. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A set aside two days as Yom-Kippur. [He would fast on the 10th and 11th of Tishri], If Yom-Kippur should fall on a Thursday [for A, therefore, Thursday and Friday], may he ask his neighbors to prepare meals for him on Friday for the Sabbath?
A. No, but he may partake of anything his neighbors and friends have prepared for themselves.
SOURCES: Pr. 76.
A. No, but he may partake of anything his neighbors and friends have prepared for themselves.
SOURCES: Pr. 76.
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