Summer Shabbat: Can You Ask a Non-Jew to Turn on the Air Conditioner?
In a daily halakhic segment called "Kol Sina, Halacha Series," Rabbi Yaakov Sini addresses a summer Shabbat question: whether it is permitted to ask a non-Jew to switch on the air conditioner if it was forgotten before Shabbat. He also discusses what should be done if the weather forecast was wrong and it turns out to be cold.
The item is presented as a short Torah-learning feature focused on practical Sabbath law for the summer months. It frames the issue as one of "amira le'nochri," the Jewish law question of asking a non-Jew to perform an action on Shabbat.
The segment appears as part of a recurring daily halakhic column and includes a video preview. No ruling is quoted in the text itself, but the teaser indicates the discussion centers on whether such a request is allowed and how to respond when the temperature is unexpectedly low.
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