[Avodah] goy or chiloni

[Arie Folger]

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Saul Mashbaum<saul.mashbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> All poskim agree that a chu"lJew may benefit from m'lacha done
> for him on YT sheni by an Israeli Jew of his own volition. In
> practice, here in Israel , even for those who are stringent regarding
> a direct request, the chu"l Jew simply hints at what it is he would be
> very happy if it were done for him, and the Israeli goes ahead and
> does it. The chu"l Jew may benefit from this action without qualms.

That reminds of how during my EY yeshiva days, one year, on Shavu'ot,
we walked into the neighboring makolet and wished the store owner gut
yomtov. By the look on his face he immediately understood (well, he
was right next to a gigantic yeshiva full of foreigners), and we
proceeded to take a bunch of items and walked out, having greeted the
owner again. The next day, we bought some more items and added our yom
tov "takings" to the total.

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