Ten Minute Halacha - Using Automatic Bathrooms on Shabbos

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June 14 2011
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Series: Ten Minute Halacha

Venue: Yeshivat Lev Shlomo (Woodmere, NY) Yeshivat Lev Shlomo (Woodmere, NY)

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Shabbat 

Collections: R' Lebowitz Ten Minute Halacha: Shabbos Prohibitions

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    1. Title: Public Toilets versus Private Toilets
      Author: Chaim Simons
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      Rabbi Lev-Bochbot, a Rosh Kollel in Bnei Brak, researched this question and came to a conclusion which could possibly distinguish between a hotel’s public toilet and the toilet in one’s own hotel room.  In the former case one can utilise the principles “p’sik reisha d’lo niche lei” and “kel’achar yad”. However, in one’s own hotel room, one obviously does not want a toilet to be unflushed and thus this makes the automatic flushing more questionable.

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