Is it permitted to lend a tool to a non-Jew on Shabbat itself, or close to nightfall on Friday when there is no time for the non-Jew to remove it from the Jew's doorway before Shabbat?

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Synopsis

Lending is forbidden on Shabbat itself and on Friday close to nightfall when there is no time for the non-Jew to exit before Shabbat, because onlookers will think the Jew commanded the non-Jew to carry out on Shabbat.

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