But riding, especially on asses, was the usual mode of locomotion, and the injunction seems not to have been readily heeded. An instance exists of a court that, desiring to make an example, put an offender to death (Yeb. 90b; Sanh. 46a; Yer. Ḥag. ii. 1). Yet Elisha ben Abuya...
“Sabbath Mode” control system will often feature the ability to adjust the temperature of the oven during the Jewish Holiday without any observable feedback of this change to the operator of the oven. This is not particularly relevant to the Sabbath in that the temperature may not be changed...