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Call from Israel to US during Shabbat in the US?


Is it permitted for a Jew in Israel to phone a gentile in the USA when it is no longer Shabbat in Israel but it is still Shabbat in the USA?

The majority of the poskim permit it as the Jew is not violating the Shabbat and as far as the Jew is concerned the Shabbat is already out. One could argue and say that since in the gentile's location it is still Shabbat and one is telling a gentile to 'desecrate' the Shabbat - but this is not so because the reasons prohibiting Amira Le'Aku"m do not apply. For example: one reason is because if a Jew tells a gentile to violate the Shabbat, the Jew may do the same. This does not apply in this case because it is not Shabbat for the Jew and the Jew's Shabbat will not be violated at any point. Another is because 'telling' him is a violation of Shabbat speech. This does not apply either because it is not Shabbat for the Jew.

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Posted: Dec 13, 2011
If you need to get a message to a Jew in the US, can you call them on Shabbat (if they are observant and you know they will not pick up the phone) in order to leave a voice-mail that they may or may not hear on Shabbat?
Posted By Anonymous, Nyack, NY

Posted: Oct 29, 2011
Call from Israel to US during Shabbat in the US?
What if the person in the US knew not to pick up the phone?
Posted By Yaakov, Oak Park, MI

Posted: May 10, 2009
To Sarah
Calling a Jew in another timezone would be problematic since doing so causes him to pick up the pone and desecrate the Shabbat.
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

Posted: May 9, 2009
What if instead of calling a gentile, the call is to another Jew? Supposing the Jew that is calling it's not during shabbat from but the Jew receiving the call is during shabbat.
Would that still be a problem?
Posted By Sarah



 


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