the jew doctor and the elevator
seriously? he was just gonna stand in front of the elevator? you can either ask someone to push the button, or you can take the freaking stairs.
shareSome sects are forbidden from asking someone to do the work as well. They can only wait until someone else is using the elevator, then tag along with them.
shareinteresting. would they also not take the stairs?
shareSome sects are forbidden from asking someone to do the work as well. They can only wait until someone else is using the elevator, then tag along with them.
Sounds stupid to me, are they also forbidden from getting dressed since that takes work? share
I'm not religious myself, but I know a reasonable amount about orthodox customs. Dressing is not considered work, it's required for modesty. Anything requiring lighting or extinguishing a fire, or by extension, starting or stopping something electric, is considered work, and forbidden on the Sabbath and certain holy days.
However, saving a life always trumps Jewish religious laws. If a patient was going to die if he waited for someone to push the elevator, he would be required to push the button, as well as perform the work of life-saving surgery on the Sabbath or a holy day.
what if a patient was not going to die? what if it was not a life saving surgery?? he cannot perform it then? so he cannot go to work on those days?
shareIf the patient would have been fine waiting until the next day, he couldn't have done the surgery that day. If it was fairly urgent but not life-threatening, another surgeon would typically do the surgery.
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