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Well ya the prohibition is about creating fire, why wouldn't you step on the elevator if it's just going to be going up and down anyway?

• Itaxpica 8y ago
  This is a common misconception, but the prohibition against using electronics on Shabbat has nothing to do with fire; it has to do with completing a circuit since "completing a construction" is one of the 39 specifically banned activities
  • spiritcat 8y ago
    ooh
  • schoen 8y ago
    It seems that both justifications have been used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_prohibited_on_Shabbat#Igniting_a_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_prohibited_on_Shabb... "Many poskim ground their prohibition of operating electrical appliances in this melakha."