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Some elevators have sabbath mode.
by 0des 5y ago
Some elevators have sabbath mode.
- azinman2 5y agoPeople also setup timers for lights in their homes. I’ve never understood this. I’m know famous rabbis have found ways to justify this so the orthodox do this, but to me it just feels like you’re cheating the system. Or we just need to redefine what work is. But leavened bread? It doesn’t seem as abstract to define as “work.”
- 0des 5y agoAs I shared in my previous comment, initially I misunderstood the purpose of that tradition as well, but as it turns out, it is less about doing work or consuming a live organism but more about preserving the heritage of the biblical struggles of erstwhile judaic tribes being forced into travel without notice (fleeing Egypt iirc), and the scarcity of more palatable sustenance.
- azinman2 5y agoYes. Not eating leavened bread is something you do for Passover. Sabbath is weekly and is about “not doing work”. I thought the sabbath mode for elevator comment was just more broadly talking about “cheating God”
- 0des 5y agoIt's ok, I think I misunderstood your comment a little bit, but it looks like we are both on the same page here now that I go back and read. Have a good rest of your day :)
- ars 5y ago"work" is a bad translation. It should be translated as "creative activity". Creating light in this case.
- ceejayoz 5y agoFun fact: Manhattan has a fishing line circling it for similar purposes. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/721551785/a-fishing-line-encircles-manhattan-protecting-sanctity-of-sabbath https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/721551785/a-fishing-line-enci...
- 0des 5y agoI did not know about that one! As a fisherman, I wonder what happens when someone notices part of the string has broken. Surely they replace it, but does everything stop until sundown when someone can fix it, or do you call a goy?
- ars 5y agoThey check the entire string every Friday and repair it if necessary. And it needs repair almost every week.
- emmelaich 5y agoThe suburb of St Ives in Sydney was allowed to do a similar thing there, after a long battle with the council and electricity companies. St. Ives has many Jews, many from South Africa IIRC. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-council-approves-jewish-eruv-amid-claims-of-a-religious-enclave/bbaxgs14h https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-council-approves-jew...