Magic

After dinner on our last evening, Friday, we stepped into the elevator to return to our room eager to prepare our bags for a 4:00 a.m. departure. Magically, without touching any buttons the elevator began to move and the floor numbers lit up one floor to the next as we approached it.

At each floor the doors opened, no one entered, and as it was not our floor we did not exit. We were confused, but waited patiently to reach our floor. Upon exiting we discovered this sign at the elevator door.

From sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday, the Jewish people recognize Shabbat. On this day of rest, even touching the buttons of the elevator is considered work, so to save this labour, elevators are set to open at every floor.