Responsa for Shabbat 1:8
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אֵין נוֹתְנִין עוֹרוֹת לְעַבְּדָן וְלֹא כֵלִים לְכוֹבֵס נָכְרִי, אֶלָּא כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּעָשׂוּ מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם. וּבְכֻלָּן בֵּית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין עִם הַשָּׁמֶשׁ:
Beth Shammai say: One should not give hides to a (gentile) tanner or clothes to a gentile washerman, unless they can be done while it is still day. And with all, Beth Hillel permit it "with the sun" [i.e., so long as the sun is upon the earth, before it sets.]
Shut min haShamayim
Regarding the permissibility of a Jew telling a non-Jew before Shabbat: Here are some coins, go buy me some fruit, geese, and chickens! Do we say here that since the coins were given during daytime on Friday, it is permitted, in accordance with Beit Hillel1See Mishnah Shabbat 1:8? Or do we consider this to be close to a transgression?
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