Originally Posted by DBT

How would 'work' even be defined....is everyone supposed to abstain from cooking meals on a Sabbath because cooking is work,
lighting a fire is work?.


ignition, and/ or simply adding fuel to an existing flame is considered work.
Driving ones car is forbidden because it involves ignition of fuel.

21st century Orthodox Jews consider pressing a pedestrian crossing button ( while on the way to the synagogue)
as a form of work which the sabbath forbids.

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