Responsa for Shabbat 299:10
אימא הכי נמי אמר קרא (בראשית ט, כג) וערות אביהם לא ראו
it is superfluous to state that it is forbidden [in the presence of a naked] Israelite; but as for a heathen, Since it is written of him, whose flesh is the flesh of asses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XXIII, 20. [I.e., nudity is common among them]. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> I might say that it is permitted therefore he tells us [otherwise]. Yet perhaps that indeed is so? Scripture saith, and they saw not their father's nakedness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen, IX, 23: This shows that it is indecent in all cases. ');"><sup>19</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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