Friday's inauguration presented Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner with a dilemma: How to travel around Washington after the start of the Jewish Sabbath at 4:58 p.m.
To get around the problem, a rabbi close to Trump and Kushner granted one-time permission to travel in a car following the inauguration, out of concerns for the couple's safety, Mark Zell, the chair of the Republican Party in Israel, told an Israeli radio station this week, but did not elaborate.
Orthodox Jews, such as Trump and Kushner, are not allowed to drive or ride in a vehicle on the Sabbath, which begins on Fridays at sundown just as the post-inaugural balls in Washington for Trump will be starting.
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