Q&A: Sabbath as an Acronym: On the Sabbath, You Shall Travel by Tractor?
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Sabbath as an Acronym: On the Sabbath, You Shall Travel by Tractor?
Question
Someone whose usual practice during the six weekdays is to drive to synagogue by car, and so do his neighbors
may he on the Sabbath drive to synagogue in a tractor and operate it with a modification, for example with his left hand, and that way it would be permitted for the sake of communal prayer, participation in a bar mitzvah, or a rabbi’s lecture, and the like?
That is 2 noticeable modifications.
Answer
Are you really expecting an answer to this trolling?
Sorry for butting in,
why is this trolling?
A lot of things are permitted with a modification for the sake of a commandment.
He is proposing 2 real modifications,
and 1 of them is very noticeable.
If people come to the same synagogue in a regular vehicle and not with the tractor, that stands out.
And this is for the sake of a commandment.