It all started when HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l became aware of a young woman in his Jerusalem neighborhood of Shaare Chesed who was paralyzed from the waist down and who spent her Shabbosim isolated and in despair because she could not use her motorized wheelchair. HaRav Auerbach ardently believed that Shabbos should be a time of joy for everyone, and that a halachic solution must be found to ensure that those with physical challenges be included in the great mitzva of Oneg Shabbos.

HaRav Auerbach summoned a team of leading observant engineers and tasked them with a mission. After nearly one year of research and experimentation, the first Shabbos wheelchair was born. More recently, under the guidance of HaRav Yehoshua Neuwirth zt”l, author of the famed Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa, Shabbos technology was expanded to include stairlifts and wheelchair lifts. Shabbos Solutions is proud to bring these to you.