May a Jew give merchandise to a non-Jew to sell on a set-wage basis, and is this permitted even if the non-Jew sells on Shabbat?
Synopsis
A Jew may give merchandise to a non-Jew to sell, as long as he sets a fixed wage and does not tell the non-Jew to sell on Shabbat. Since the non-Jew acts on his own initiative for his own wage, no Shabbat agency issue arises.
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