>>>These proscriptions do not apply to non-Jews. Therefore, some Orthodox Jews will ask a non-Jew to come into their house and turn everything off.
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>>>Seriously?
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>>Yes, seriously. It used to be that Orthodox would have what they described as a "Shabbes goy" to do a variety of things. As Naomi said, timers handle much of that now.
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>>Didn't you ever read "The Chosen"? I'm sure this practice is in there.
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>>Tamar
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>What I missed in the post was the clear understanding that he meant turning things off at the neighbor's house, not his own. :o)

Yeah, I misunderstood Nicholas' message as well. I think what he needed was the words "for them".

Tamar