If the Jew does not explicitly measure, weigh, or count, is the non-Jew's independent action on Chol HaMoed forbidden?
Synopsis
Mishnah Berurah rules that if a non-Jew independently chooses to work on Chol HaMoed despite the Jew's lack of instruction, the Jew has no obligation to stop him, though observers may mistakenly think the Jew hired him.
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