– - Q. Dear Rov. Can one invite as a Shabbat guest an elderly friend who is not religious yet and since we live on the ninth floor should I ask him that when he takes the elevator he should wait until another non Jewish person arrives and he directs the elevator as required?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that one should not trust the not religious guest to follow his instructions since after all he uses his own elevator and likely even drives on Shabbos.
The best way to invite, is to set up a time when he should come and have someone wait for him and bring him up.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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