Chapter 30
General Rules Relating to Actions Performed by a Non-Jew on Shabbath and Yom Tov
TELLING A NON-JEW TO DO AN ACT WHICH IS FORBIDDEN BY A RABBINICAL PROHIBITION
19.a. One is permitted to tell a non-Jew to move a keli she-melachto le-issur, such as a hammer, even if one’s purpose is only to prevent its being spoiled or stolen.
19.b. The reason here is as mentioned in paragraph 14b6 above, namely that the Jew himself would be able to move it, if he needed to use it for a permitted purpose or if he wished to make use of the place which it occupies (See Chapter 20, paragraph 7.)
20.a. 1) One may tell a non-Jew that he should remove the candlesticks from the table once the candles go out, so long as one needs to use the space which they Occupy.
2) This is because a Jew may move the candlesticks himself for this purpose, if he does so by means of another article held in his hands. (See Chapter 22 paragraph 35.)
20.b. If one has stipulated, before Shabbath, that the non-Jew should remove the candlesticks, or if it is the custom of the place for a non-Jew to remove them, one may request him to do so even when one does not need the space they occupy. *
20.c. See Chapter 20, paragraphs 59 to 61, for the rules applicable to a table or a cloth on which burning candles were standing when Shabbath commenced.
21. It is permissible to ask a non-Jew to transfer a burning candle from one room to another, if it is required for the purpose of a mitzva or in honor of unexpected guests.
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* This ruling is based on giving due weight to an opinion (not generally accepted in practice) which goes even further and permits one to remove the candlesticks oneself in these circumstances.
