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A camera that turns on on Shabbat

Question

Shalom and blessings!
Before the entrance to my home, my neighbor has a doorbell with a camera, and every time I enter the house the camera turns on.
The neighbor, of course, is not willing to turn it off for Shabbat, and I have no interest in this at all, and the camera light is of no use to me; moreover, it is not possible for me to pass without going in front of the camera.
Am I allowed to enter my home on Shabbat?

Answer

Shalom and blessings 

You are permitted to pass there; you have no interest in its activation, and you are occupied with entering the house and not with turning on the camera.  

Answered 7 February 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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