A statement to a Gentile on Sunday when you are sitting with him
Have a good week Rabbi,
Is there any problem with telling a Gentile to do some work on the Internet when it is Sunday at your place and Saturday at his place? For example, let’s say there is some computer game on the Internet and I ask the Gentile to do some action in the game on my Sabbath night and it is still Saturday at the Gentile’s place. Is there a problem with that?
Best regards,
You can search online. The most recent rabbis have dealt with this.
In my opinion, no. First, there are methods that say something on a Sabbath to do on Shabbat is not prohibited (if it is prohibited from a specific point of view and not from a specific point of view of sending a foreigner to do something serious. There is a contradiction in this in Rashi). Second, it is explained that when it is a Sabbath with you and the foreigner is in another country where it is Shabbat, it is worse than saying something to a foreigner on Shabbat eve to do something that violates Shabbat. The explanation states that the determining day is your day and not his (after all, you are the one who is obligated to observe Shabbat). It should be remembered that this is a rabbinical prohibition (probably easier than regular rabbinical prohibitions), and therefore doubt the voice.
If you enjoy the results, it can be considered a Shabbat act, and that’s a slightly different matter (although here too, in my opinion, there is room for leniency).
And if it is a secular Jew and not a Gentile, will the answer change?
Yes. That Jew is violating Shabbat from his perspective. There, of course, what matters is his Shabbat. Although in my opinion, an atheist is not subject to commandments or transgressions, that is only with regard to his stumbling block. Your statement to him is not only the stumbling block, but it turns his action into an action done for you and because of you.
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