<div dir="ltr"><div><div>R'JF Shachter wrote:<br>> Thus it was not even technically amira l'nokhri<br>> -- although I am grateful to R' Arie Folger for giving me the psaq din<br>
> (later in v34n20, not quoted above) that amira l'nokhri would be<br>> permitted<br><br></div><div>I'd like to explain my reasoning: amira le'aqum may be permitted, especially when you do the amira before Shabbat, rather than on Shabbat, bemmaqom mitsva and bemmakom tzaar. Not being able to get home is considered to be a great source of tzaar, especially when you need to go to sleep. A major violation of 'oneg Shabbat. And being stuck in a Parisian apartment, which is usually smaller than, say, an apartment in Grenoble, is like sitting Shiva on Shabbat, and of course you miss minyan.<br><br></div><div>Poskim I had consulted with in the past ruled that these are indeed situations permitting amira le'akum. Preferably always by asking ahead of time.<br></div><div><br>> Respectfully, you are not in France, and I am.<br><br></div>Actually, I do live in France, even though the congregations I serve are in Germany.<br><br></div>And I have seen already many years the problems you describe. One of the problems is that courts have not been friendly. The judiciary in France is having a lot of trouble wrapping its heads around the idea that Shabbat is sacrosanct. So tenants and even home owners have lost court cases against building managements.<br><div><div><div><br></div><div>Kol tuv,<br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Arie Folger,<br>Recent blog posts on <a href="http://rabbifolger.net/" target="_blank">http://rabbifolger.net/</a><br><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-family:"Sans Serif";font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,31,30)">* </span><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/02/15/koscheres-geld-podcast/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Koscheres Geld (Podcast)</a></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-family:"Sans Serif";font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,31,30)">* </span><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/02/14/kennt-die-existenz-nur-den-chaos-gttliches-vorsehen-im-judischen-gedankengut-podcast/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Kennt die Existenz nur den Chaos? G”ttliches Vorsehen im Jüdischen Gedankengut (Podcast)</a></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-family:"Sans Serif";font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,31,30)">* </span><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/02/11/halacha-zum-wochenabschnitt-baruch-hu-uwaruch-schemo/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Halacha zum Wochenabschnitt: Baruch Hu uWaruch Schemo</a></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-family:"Sans Serif";font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,31,30)">* </span><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/02/09/is-there-order-to-the-world-providence-in-jewish-thought/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Is there Order to the World? Providence in Jewish Thought</a></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-family:"Sans Serif";font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,31,30)">* </span><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/02/08/what-is-modern-orthodoxy-from-a-radio-segment/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">What is Modern Orthodoxy (from a radio segment)</a></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><a href="http://rabbifolger.net/2016/01/28/wir-missionieren-nicht-aber-warum-nicht/" rel="bookmark" target="_blank"></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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