May one give meat to a non-Jew on Shabbat and tell him to cook it for himself?
Synopsis
The Mechaber prohibits giving a non-Jew meat and saying 'cook it for yourself' on Shabbat, even if the Jew is not obligated to feed the non-Jew. The Rema permits telling a non-Jew to do melacha for himself.
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