Joining a Sick Person in an Elevator on Shabbat
Question
Is it permissible for family members to join a regular elevator on Shabbat or a festival when a foreign caregiver is taking an elderly nursing patient up in it?
Answer
Hello and blessings,
It is forbidden.
Any additional weight creates a significant change in the electrical operation.
[When going up—the system returns electricity to the building’s system. And when going down—the system generates more electricity.]
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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