[Avodah] goy vs chiloni

[Chana Luntz]

Ret writes:

> I will reread the teshuva however my assumption was that the 
> chiloni opened the door with a buzzer on his own to be nice 
> and the question was whether one could enter or had to wait 
> for someone to walk down and open the door manually

Well the teshuva opens with the words - sheila adam shelo haya yachol
l'hikanes l'beito mishum delet haknisa hayita neula - doesn't sound to me
like there was much option even to wait.
 
> A related question that often arises is when is walking up 
> the stairs in the dark and the chiloni neighbor decides to be 
> nice and turns on the lights what one should do?

With most Israeli stairwells, the lights turn themselves off after a
relatively short time - so arguably if you stand still you get no benefit
from the light, and you keep going after it goes out.  If the lights are
more permanent, however, then it is even more problematic - surely though
you are an ones, certainly if you are in the midst of the stairwell.

> 
> -- 
> Eli Turkel

Regards

Chana