Automatic Lighting on Shabbat
Question
Hello, is it permissible to stay in a hotel on Shabbat where the room light turns on automatically and cannot be disabled?
Answer
Hello and blessings,
Since the person in the room uses and desires the lighting, it is forbidden to stay in the room on Shabbat.
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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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