634. A Non-Jewish Visitor on Shabbos

Shabbos 6:21

A non-Jew is permitted to transport his own possessions in order to bring them into the Jew's house on Shabbos. The Jew may even tell the non-Jew where to place his things. A Jew may invite a non-Jew to visit on Shabbos and he may serve the guest food. If the non-Jew takes the food outside, it is not a problem because a Jew is not required to make a non-Jew keep Shabbos. Similarly, one may give food to a pet in the courtyard and it is no problem if the animal carries it away.

Shabbos 6:22

If a Jew is on a trip and carrying money, when Shabbos begins he must give his wallet to a non-Jew to carry for him, and he may take it back on Saturday night. This is allowed even if he does not pay the non-Jew for performing the service and even if he gave it to him after Shabbos began. This leniency is granted because a person becomes anxious worrying about his money and can’t stand just getting rid of it. If the Sages did not permit one to have a non-Jew carry his wallet, which is an exception to a rabbinic law, the traveler would likely come to carry it himself and would thereby violate an actual Torah prohibition. This leniency only applies to the Jew’s own wallet. If the traveler found an ownerless object, he may not have the non-Jew carry it for him. In such a case, the Jew can carry it fewer than four cubits at a time (less than six feet) until he finds a place where he can stash the object.