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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 543
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<b>דין מלאכה ע"י עכו"ם בחול המועד. ובו ג סעיפים:</b><br>כל דבר שאסור לעשותו אסור לומר לעכו"ם לעשותו:
1. Law of work done by a Gentile on Chol HaMoed, and in it is 3 paragraphs. Anything that is forbidden to do, it is forbidden to ask a Gentile to do.
עכו"ם שקבל מערב יום טוב לבנות ביתו של ישראל בקבלנות אסור להניח לעשות בחול המועד אע"פ שהוא חוץ לתחום אבל אם נתן לו מלאכה בתלוש קודם המועד בקבלנות לעשותה בתוך ביתו של עכו"ם מותר:
2. A gentile that accepts from the eve of Yom Tov to build a Jewish house with a contracted agreement (i.e. agreement where payment is made not based on time but a set amount for a task), it is forbidden to let him do on Chol HaMoed even outside of the Domain (Techum). But if he (the Gentile) was given to him work that is detached before the Festival with a contract to do within the Gentile's house, it is allowed.
מותר ליתן לעכו"ם מלאכה בקבולת או בשכיר יום שיעשנה אחר המועד ובלבד שלא ימדוד וישקול וימנה כדרך שעושה בחול: הגה ואף אם יעשה העכו"ם אחר כך מלאכה שרי הואיל והתנה עמו לעשותה אחר המועד (מרדכי ריש פרק מי שהפך וב"י ורבינו ירוחם):
It is permitted to hire a gentile as a contractor or even as a day worker to work after the moed provided that one does not measure, weigh or count, as would be done during the week. REMA: If the gentile decides to do the work during chol hamoed - it is permitted since the Jew stipulated that the work should be done after the moed.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0