Responsa for Shabbat 305:14
איכא דאמרי בעי רבא מציאה הבאה לידו מהו כיון דאתא לידיה ככיסיה דמי או דילמא כיון דלא טרח בה לאו ככיסיה דמי תיקו:
The fools went about their work, saying, 'can there be a banquet without preparations'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'trouble'. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Before leaving his place in order to participate in congregational services, A gave money to a Gentile and told him to hire workers immediately and build A's house. Is such an act permissible?
A. A Jew is not permitted to tell a Gentile before the Sabbath to work for him on the Sabbath.
SOURCES: Cr. 44; Rashba I, 875.
A. A Jew is not permitted to tell a Gentile before the Sabbath to work for him on the Sabbath.
SOURCES: Cr. 44; Rashba I, 875.
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