Lift Kosher

Guess what the devout Jews in New York are debating currently? Whether a certain type of lifts (elevators, in US-speak) are Kosher or Not. In Judaism, certain things are prohibited on Sabbath (weekend). It includes use of electric devices. But then how would one use lifts on Saturdays and Sundays? Because you have to press buttons, if you plan to reach a particular floor.

So somebody came up with the idea of Shabbos elevators. They stop at every floor, automatically, so the faithfuls don't have to indulge in that un-Kosher activity of pressing buttons.

And now a debate is on: because some Jewish rabbi in Israel ruled that Shabbos, alas, were not Kosher.

Ho-hum. Here onwards, I vow not to laugh at Muslims of Saudi Arabia for following Quran to the letter Q. All faiths inspire stupidity equally.

And that's not funny. This aspect of faith -- ability to kill reason -- leads Talibans to burn down girls' schools in Afghanistan.