Can we ask a non-Jew to open automatic doors in a hotel for us on Shabbos and Yom –Tov? Can we ask a non-Jew to light a candle for us on Yom Tov if the candle went out and we need to light Yom Tov candles?  What approach do we use? Can we ask a non-Jew before Shabbos to carry children to shul? What is the Din as far as a non-Jew maid who does Melocho on Shabbos on her own accord, as in cleaning the floors etc? Does she have to be stopped?

Can we ask a non-Jew to open automatic doors in a hotel for us on Shabbos and Yom –Tov?

Can we ask a non-Jew to light a candle for us on Yom Tov if the candle went out on Yom Tov?

Can we ask a non-Jew before Shabbos to carry children to shul?

What is the Din as far as the non-Jew maid who does Melocho on Shabbos on her own accord, as in cleaning the floors etc? Does she have to be stopped?

Questions as these, and many more from online “questions and answers provided by RCE” came up during the shiur given by Hagaon Rabbi Simcha Ben Tzion Izaac Rabinovitch, Rabbi of “Mishkenot Yakov” community in Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem, and author of the Halachic series ‘Piskei Teshuva’ pertaining practical Halachic ruling from Poskim and Question-answer seforim on these topics. The class on ‘SOLICITING a NON-JEW ‘was initiated by the RCE, focused on answering many questions; some were very complicated, asked by European Rabbis. The G”RS Rabinovitch replied to every one of them.

The Online Class is a project of the RCE as a result of public demand. The possibility of getting an immediate answer to practical questions caused a major following.