Hi,
We
have been learning about Amirah l'Nochri, the practice of asking a non-Jew to
perform acts on Shabbat that a Jew may not do personally.
If a
non-Jew performs an action for his own benefit, such as lighting a fire for his
own heat or light, a Jew may benefit from that action as well.
This
was the standard "Shabbos goy" practice in Europe - A Jew would invite
a non-Jew to come over Friday night, and the non-Jew would enter, feel cold,
and light the oven for his own warmth, thereby warming the Jew as well. Of
course, the non-Jew would stay for a while, enjoying the warmth.
(Aruch
haShulchan, Orach Chaim 276:9)
Have
a great day,
Mordechai
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