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Just as observant Jews try to not violate the Shabbat, they equally have a responsobility to prevent other Jews from violating the Shabbat when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep the Shabbat to violate it and causes the requester to violate "Lifnei Iver lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause someone else, even a non observant Jew, to violate a law he is obligated in. <Ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354) </ref>
Just as observant Jews try to not violate the Shabbat, they equally have a responsobility to prevent other Jews from violating the Shabbat when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep the Shabbat to violate it and causes the requester to violate "Lifnei Iver lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause someone else, even a non observant Jew, to violate a law he is obligated in. <Ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354) </ref>
===Asking a non-observant Jew to do forbidden work===
===Asking a non-observant Jew to do forbidden work===
# It is absolutely forbidden to ask a Jew to do work for you.  
# It is absolutely forbidden to ask a Jew to do work for you. <ref>{{NoSource}}</ref>
# One should make sure neighbors one may sometimes ask favors from on Shabbat are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious.
# One should make sure neighbors one may sometimes ask favors from on Shabbat are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious.<ref>{{NoSource}}</ref>
===Giving directions to a non-observant Jewish driver===
===Giving directions to a non-observant Jewish driver===
This issue becomes extremely complex because while one does not want to encourage driving on Shabbat, one also does not one to be rude and cause the driver to drive more unnecessarily looking for his destination.
This issue becomes extremely complex because while one does not want to encourage driving on Shabbat, one also does not one to be rude and cause the driver to drive more unnecessarily looking for his destination.<ref>{{NoSource}}</ref>
# In such a situation, it advised to respond "It is Shabbat and one may not drive on Shabbat. However, so as to minimize your Shabbat tansgression, the shortest route is as follows..."
# In such a situation, it advised to respond "It is Shabbat and one may not drive on Shabbat. However, so as to minimize your Shabbat tansgression, the shortest route is as follows..."<ref>{{NoSource}}</ref>
==Sources==
==Sources==
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Just as observant Jews try to not violate the Shabbat, they equally have a responsobility to prevent other Jews from violating the Shabbat when it is in their control. Asking a Jew to do work is a more serious transgression than asking a non-Jew, as it causes someone who is obligated to keep the Shabbat to violate it and causes the requester to violate "Lifnei Iver lo Titen Michshal" - the issur forbidding a Jew to cause someone else, even a non observant Jew, to violate a law he is obligated in. [1]

Asking a non-observant Jew to do forbidden work

  1. It is absolutely forbidden to ask a Jew to do work for you. [2]
  2. One should make sure neighbors one may sometimes ask favors from on Shabbat are in fact not Jewish and not merely not religious.[3]

Giving directions to a non-observant Jewish driver

This issue becomes extremely complex because while one does not want to encourage driving on Shabbat, one also does not one to be rude and cause the driver to drive more unnecessarily looking for his destination.[4]

  1. In such a situation, it advised to respond "It is Shabbat and one may not drive on Shabbat. However, so as to minimize your Shabbat tansgression, the shortest route is as follows..."[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat; vol 1, pg 91, footnote 354)
  2. ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
  3. ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
  4. ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
  5. ↑ EVERY HALACHA ON HALACHIPEDIA STRICTLY REQUIRES A SOURCE. PLEASE ADD SOURCE HERE, OTHERWISE THIS HALACHA WILL BE REMOVED.
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