<div dir="ltr"><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 25px;list-style:none;border:0px;outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.7;color:rgb(44,47,52);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue","Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Dr. can switch to be off first 2 days of sukkot shift for a prior Friday 10 AM to 10 PM. There are a number of halachic issues but I’d like to focus on two:</p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 25px;list-style:none;border:0px;outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.7;color:rgb(44,47,52);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue","Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Is the affirmative choice to switch shifts comparable to affirmatively putting yourself into a situation of ones versus not requesting anything being considered a shev val taaseh and thus a less objectionable approach. You might even consider this somewhat comparable to deciding whether to throw the switch on the trolley.</p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 25px;list-style:none;border:0px;outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.7;color:rgb(44,47,52);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue","Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Also, is there a comparison to the get out of jail free card? Perhaps by switching shifts you have accelerated a violation of shabbat. Let’s say the holiday is in two weeks, who knows what will happen in two weeks and maybe no violation at all will occur.</p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 25px;list-style:none;border:0px;outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.7;color:rgb(44,47,52);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue","Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Great question – and why do different poskim weight different priorities differently? Thoughts</p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 25px;list-style:none;border:0px;outline:none;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.7;color:rgb(44,47,52);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue","Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">KT<br>Joel Rich</p></div>