[Avodah] mitzva for a goy

[Eliyahu Grossman]

Maybe adjusting the heat in a shul on Yom Kippur? ("Hey, Chris, does it seem
cold in here to you?") Or, in other words, acts of kindness that a Jew is
forbidden due to Shabbat or Chag (although "mitzvah" doesn't seem to be the
right word if we say that a non-Jew only has 7, at least according to
"Rabbi" Wikopedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah). 

Maybe any of the hundreds of duties that Jews seek out the foreign workers
here in Israel (most people over 70 seem to have a "Philipini*" living with
them in our suburb, and it isn't unusual for local Jews to seek them out to
do this or that on Shabbat or Chag. 

(Note: This is something I am opposed to, much to my wife's annoyance,
especially that one Shabbat when the main circuit breaker went out and it
would have been so easy to walk across the street and get someone's
"Philipini*" to just flip the switch - the food and temperature was still
ok, just a tad dark! But she lets me have this little quirk of mine!)

Am I close? ;)

Eliyahu Grossman
Efrat, Israel

(* the person may or may not be from the Philipines, but they generally get
that label.)


> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:32:20 +0200
> From: Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Avodah] mitzva for a goy
> 
>puzzle - which mitzva today can a goy do that a Jew cannot?