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Gentile lighting match on Yom for a mitzvah

Question:

IF THERE IS NO FIRE AVAILABLE FOR NEIROS YOM TOV AND YOUR MINHAG IS TO LIGHT BEFORE THE MEAL WHEN ITS YOM TOV ALREADY CAN A GOY BE ASKED TO
LIGHT A FIRE

Answer:

It is permitted. The reason is that lighting a match on Yom Tov is a shvus (rabbinic prohibition), and it is permitted to ask a gentile to do a rabbinic prohibition for the purpose of a mitzva..

Best wishes

Sources:

Yabia Omer 2-26, The Sanctity of Shabbos pg. 117.

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