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title: "Siman 543 – Employing non-jews"
description: "וChelek 6 1. Like Shabbos and Yom Tov, it is forbidden to instruct a gentile to do work for you on C.H. Unlike Shabbos, and Yom Tov, you **are** allowed to instruct him to do melacha for the sake of…"
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# Siman 543 – Employing non-jews

וChelek 6

1. Like Shabbos and Yom Tov, it is forbidden to instruct a gentile to do work for you on C.H. Unlike Shabbos, and Yom Tov, you **are** allowed to instruct him to do melacha for the sake of a mitzva. (ShA  - MB )

1. You may not hire a non-jew to do melacha for you to be paid hourly or daily. However, you may contract him before the Moed for a job that he works on at his home, as long as you do not instruct him to do it on the Moed - and never for a construction job. (ShA  - MB )

1. Unlike on Shabbos and Yom Tov, on C.H. you are allowed to verbally arrange for an employee to work for you after the Moed. If the worker is a gentile, be sure to stipulate that he does not begin the work until after Yom Tov. If despite this, he begins the job right away, you do not need to protest. (ShA  - MB ) #

## Key

**ShA**
 : Shulchan Aruch

**MB**
 : Mishna Berura

**ShaH**
 : Shaar Hatsiun

**ShaT**
 : Shaaray Teshuva

**BeH**
 : Beur Halacha

**BaH**
 : Baer Haytayv

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