Riding the Subway on Shabbat

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January 23 2016
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42min 26s
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Halacha:
Responsa,  Shabbat 
History:
20th Century CE 

Collections: R' Fischer Responsa Class

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In 1906, the city of Paris inaugurated one of the world's first subway systems. R. Mordechai Horowitz, the rav of the Jewish community in Frankfurt, was asked whether it is permitted to ride on Shabbat.

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