If someone looked after foster children on weekends (from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon) and received remuneration does this count as work and not permissible on the Sabbath?
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Do you look after them only on the Sabbath, or also on other days including the Sabbath? This makes a big difference. – Ariel Mar 19 '13 at 09:18
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If it's including the Sabbath, then see http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/19050/hotels-and-food-service-during-shabbat/19053 for a similar situation. If you mean only on the Sabbath then looking after them is not a problem, but getting paid is. – Ariel Mar 19 '13 at 09:20
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It is from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. Thanks – harry Mar 19 '13 at 09:37
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3Ideally you should ask your Rabbi for practical matters like this, but the answer in the link above applies to you as well. So I guess this could be marked as a duplicate of that. – Ariel Mar 19 '13 at 10:17
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1Welcome to Mi Yodea, harry! Thanks for your question. I look forward to hearing more from you. Just keep in mind that this is not a place to look for actual halakhic advice (you should see your rabbi for that). Treat this place as a room full of strangers who can point to some sources (but not all relevant sources). – Charles Koppelman Mar 19 '13 at 15:26
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As Ariel stated, in theory one can perform services (not physically-creative actions like plowing, planting, cooking, writing, burning and the like) such as childcare, waiting/bussing tables, teaching/sermonizing/performing prayer services if there is a lump payment for a period of time that includes some non-Shabbat.
Thus you could pay a babysitter for "the period 6-8PM", where 6-7PM is shabbat and 7-8PM isn't; or a rabbi for "answering questions during the week and delivering a sermon on shabbat."
In theory I don't see why foster care should be different, but as always ask your rabbi.
