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Chapter 90:18 Non-Melacha Prohibitions
18. When it is very cold, it is permitted to ask a Gentile on Shabbos to
light a furnace, because, in the face of cold, [the Sages] gave everyone
the halachic status of a sick person. If, however, [having the heat] is
not so essential, one should not [ask a Gentile to perform the act]
(1). Also, one should not allow a Gentile to light a furnace on Shabbos
afternoon so that the room will be warm by Saturday night.
FOOTNOTES:
(1) It is difficult to define when an increase of heat is considered
essential. If someone might become ill due to the cold, it is permitted to
ask a Gentile to turn on the heat or to increase the temperature setting.
Similarly, if an air-conditioner is making the house too cold, and as a
result someone might become ill, one may ask a Gentile to turn it down.
Halacha-Yomi, Copyright (c) 2002 Project Genesis, Inc.
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