<div dir="ltr">moved from an entry by Saul Newman in areivim<div><br></div><div><<<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There are issues one must be aware of with regard to housekeeping. One</span></div>
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">cannot leave a non-Jewish housekeeper alone in the house for an extended</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">period of time, as this can create many Halachic problems in the kitchen.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For example, a housekeeper may warm up her own food in the oven or</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">microwave without the owner?s knowledge. The solution is to either lock up</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the kitchen or have someone occasionally entering the house so that she is</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">wary of an unexpected visitor.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>></span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I have talked to several rabbis about non-Jewish housekeepers (Philino in Israeli terms)</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">and have still to find a practical solution.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">A typical situation is an elderly leady/gentleman who can not get around bt themselves and has</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">help. Other cases a family with children that needs help (in many cases this is hard to get legally).</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The above "solutions" are pretty impossible. I have no ideea what it means to "lock up the kitchen" in most apartments. Certainly in my home in cant be done.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am also not sure what it means by </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">occasionally entering the house" . If the elderly person doesnt have family nearby this again is not very practical (what does occasionally mean)</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Another major problem for which I have no answer (not mentioned) is bishul akum.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">If an elderly gentleman is incapicated it is not reasonable for him to light the oven every time something is cooked.<br clear="all">
</font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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