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Ultra-Orthodox balk at new rabbinical ban on Sabbath elevators
It would be an overstatement to conclude that the latest halachic ruling banning the use of elevators on the Sabbath shocked residents of the Tovei Ha'Ir retirement home in Jerusalem. Most residents at this institution, which caters to the religious and ultra-Orthodox, received news of the rabbinical edict with indifference. Tovei Ha'Ir residents have been using elevators on the Sabbath for years - this is the only way they can get from their rooms on the upper floors to the dining hall and synagogue. One of the retirees, a Haredi man, barely concealed his sarcasm when he responded, "What changed suddenly? What was kosher until now is suddenly treyf?"
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