Nochrim on Shabbat
General Rules
Whether telling a Nochri to do work for a Jew on Shabbat is
Rabbinically prohibited
: Shabbat 150a, 153a; Eruvin 67b-68a; Gittin 8b
Telling a Nochri "If you do this act, you won't lose" to hint that one wishes him to perform an action on Shabbat: Ketuvot 70b
If the Nochri does the work for his own benefit: Shabbat 121a, 122a-b
If the Nochri does the work for the Jew's benefit: Shabbat 122a-b
If the Nochri knows the Jew who benefits: Shabbat 122a
Giving an object found on Shabbat to a Nochri: Shabbat 153a
Candles do not require added work to benefit someone besides the lighter, and so he is benefitting others while he benefits himself: Shabbat 122a
Washing in a Shabbat-active bathhouse on Saturday night, in a town of Nochrim and Jews: Shabbat 122a, 151a
One may assume that work is done for the majority segment of town: Shabbat 122a-b
Nochrim helping one who is
sick with a non-life-threatening disease
: Shabbat 129a
Using an item which a Nochri brings from
Outside of the Shabbat-Limit for Travel
, for a Mitzvah: Shabbat 151a
Above, if it was from inside the Shabbat-Limit: Shabbat 151a
Above two cases, differentiating between where the work was done for the Nochri or for Jews: Shabbat 151a
Where it is not known whether the item had been outside of the Shabbat-Limit for Travel when Shabbat began: Shabbat 151a
Having a Nochri perform work for the sake of a mitzvah: Eruvin 67b-68a; Gittin 8a-8b, 8b
Having a Nochri perform work for the sake of a
woman who has given birth
: Eruvin 68a
Specific Forms of Work
Extinguishing a fire
Lighting a flame
Carrying in water
Building a ramp, to leave a boat
Writing
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