0 Controversy Lift Kosher

Until now, despite some controversy, orthodox Jewish community was allowed to use a specially designed lift and "tailored" to the Jewish laws that prohibit the use of electronic tools on the Sabbath.
"Elevator Kosher" has a Sabbath mode that ensures that the elevator stops at every floor, so that the passengers do not have to press the button to call the elevator.
But a group of rabbis Yosef Shalom Elyashiv led, leader of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community Lithuanian Ashkenazi, criticized the 99-year-old and it is stated that even lift kosher contrary to Jewish law.
The rabbis said that they had reached a unanimous decision after consulting with "a number of technicians and engineers are certified lift".
Use kosher lift is always sparked debate. Opponents claim that although the passengers (Jews) do not press the button, the weight of passengers increase the amount of electricity used to power the lift, and it is considered as violation of Jewish law.
Lift the ban on the use made kosher orthodox Jews who lived on the top floor of a building into hassles.
Joseph Ball, an orthodox Jew, and his wife are no longer using elevators were built specifically for the Sabbath, since a rabbinical ordinance prohibited.
Every Saturday, they have to climb a high ladder to go home, along with their five children coupled with prams. "It's tough, but we climbed the stairs slowly and requires a lot of patience," said Ball, 29.
Jewish law, or Halacha, prohibits the use of electronic objects on the Sabbath, but for decades, the rabbis "justify" special elevators that automatically stop at every floor, without having to press the button, so the orthodox Jew could climb and lived on the top floor of the building.
When a prominent rabbi stated that the use of the lift is in violation of the Jewish law, it sparked debate and force camp orthodox Jew who lived on the high ground to decide whether they are ready to climb the dozens, even hundreds of steps every time they came home after visiting a synagogue on Saturday.
Indeed orthodox community have long disagreed about the Sabbath elevator.
The regulation also has the potential to give a warning to the government, which adopted legislation in 2001, where the elevator was built in tall buildings should have a Sabbath mode.
But it is unclear how many Jews outside the Jewish community non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Lithuania that will comply with these rules. Some institutions have been attacked rabbinical regulation technology that adapts to the Jewish law.
Among others warned that the ordinance would only complicate the lives of orthodox families, who traditionally have many children, to climb a lot of stairs.
"No young couple willing to move to nine or ten floors of a building if the place eventually became a prison for themselves," said Jonathan Rosenblum, an ultra-orthodox.
Rabbi Eliyashiv known because of previous legislation which will lead to debate, that the use of wigs and plastic sandals illegal in the day of atonement. Another rabbi once gave notice to his followers that they are not picking his nose on the Sabbath.
Rabbi Reuven Bulka, former president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said that there are many buildings in Canada, such as synagogues, apartment or nursing home, which has a Sabbath elevator. He added that the Canadian Jewish leaders are not sure if Eliyashiv only includes the name of the recommendation, or to formulate their own rules.
"If true, it would be burdensome," said Bulka. "The problem is, it is still not clear whether he said anything to its reputation."