Comments on: questions re Shabbat https://kashrut.org/abraham-ch-2/ Practicing Judaism without all the pain Tue, 27 May 2025 07:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/abraham-ch-2/#comment-4419 Tue, 27 May 2025 07:04:50 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=21656#comment-4419 You can order on a programable delivery app to receive a Pizza on Shabbat evening or even Shabbat morning. You are not asking them specifically to cook for you on Shabbat. If they cook it late Friday afternoon, and then warm it a bit before delivery, you wouldn’t know the difference. It is not much different than going to a kosher hotel for Shabbat. They’re doing all types of things in the kitchen, but as long as you don’t need them to do it for you on Shabbat, you’re good.

With regards to the bus in an Eruv… First, I recommend everyone read the Torah Talk entry regarding Boats, Buses, Trains, and Planes. https://kashrut.org/project/can-you-ride-a-train-bus-plane-or-boat-on-shabbat/
Second in response to your questions:
Using a prepaid card works. Going on the bus is perfectly fine. passing it through the scanner is not any Melachah that I’m aware of, so it is also fine. Stopping the bus at a stop where he is not going to stop except for you… is ok, because again there is no Melachah that he is doing. Even if driving the bus is Havaarah (Like Lighting a Fire), however stopping the bus is not Mechabeh, because Mechabeh needs a Pesilah (Petilah = Wick) in order to be a Melachah.

So in summation…Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes. Enjoy

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