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A very non-practicing Jewish friend of mine joked that he went to the local butcher, pointed to the pork and ordered, while pointing, "that fish". Growing up with those restrictions seems to do wonders for one's sense of humor.
In Israel it's affectionately known as "short cow".
> This computer does not physically manipulated electricity. Sophistry. The whole purpose of a computer is to manipulate electricity, it is what electronic computers do. Perhaps it really is kosher (I have no idea, I'm not Jewish and I'm not well informed about what kosher really means) but whatever it is or is not, it is quite certainly not true that 'This computer does not physically manipulated electricity.' Perha…
apply to a computer: one can let it keep on doing what it is doing, but he owner wouldn't manipulate it.
That's a lot of effort to do nothing. Does anyone know if there is some significance to it being calculated on Tuesday? Since Shabbat is from Friday to Saturday I would have picked Sunday or Monday.
i.e. there's a concept that if one is going to get on a boat that is going to be sailing over the sabbath, one should get on sunday-tuesday. not wed-friday (saturday would obviously be an issue).
if i had to guess, that is the logic here.
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I live in Israel and always felt terrible for tourists who accidentally got stuck! Depending where you are you can end up with no public transportation, no grocery stores, restaurants, shops, museums, anything!
My wife and I arrived in France the same day as a holiday. All the grocery stores and restaurants were closed and we had absolutely no food - we spent an hour driving/walking from place to place. Defeated and on our way back to our car to go to our rental, our savior appeared. A pizza truck.
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> Something breaks, fix it? No I assume that's only if not urgent? e.g. pipe blows up or rock hits a window for whatever reason, you can at least effect basic repairs if not immediately call the tradie?
In strict orthodox Judiasm nope. The only time you can break the Sabbath is if it is "pikuach nefesh" (life threatening if not done)
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In strict orthodox Judiasm nope. The only time you can break the Sabbath is if it is "pikuach nefesh" (life threatening if not done)
So, say a pipe blew and is flooding the apartment building you're supposed to not do anything?
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For Sabbath observing Jews, “work” is defined as a certain set of 39 (?) activities that are defined in the bible and relating to building the “Mishkan”. Generations of Talmudic rabbis then added new interpretations and requirements on these rules to adapt for new technology. eg, the prohibition against using electricity is because it relates to igniting a spark, which is one of the 39 prohibited activities (Or “mala…
FTFYriday night: synagogue (for the men) then big ceremonious dinner (that the women have been cooking)
and being a single guy, I've hosted many a meal where I did the cooking, table setting and cleaning. (though in practice at these meals, there is also a pot luck nature to them and many times there's a whole system where your friends come over help you set the table and then help clean up and throw everything away all the trash after the meal, collecting silverware, wrapping up the plastic table cloth cover with all the crumbs/spills on it).
As on Orthodox Jew, while I don't have anything against this and it sounds like a fun hobby project, I don't like that it misleads regarding what Jewish law actually requires. As several others have mentioned, there is absolutely no problem with keeping a server running on the sabbath - computers aren't Jews (Jewish law only expects Jews to keep the sabbath). If it's Jews working to generate the electricity (most "mo…
Just random observation - when I visited Israel I was astounded how nearly complete the sabbath shutdown is. In the US, the only day that comes close is Christmas Day and it’s still not even close. My wife and I struggled to find dinner and drove around for an hour or so until we found an Arab place that was open. Pretty much the only place in town that was open. Then sunset comes and everyone comes out. If you trave…
It is also not clear cut that other than the incandescent bulb use of electricity is actually prohibited. The Hazon Ish ruled that the completion of a circuit is considered ‘makke bapatish’ or ‘boneh’. But one can argue reasonably that it is not so.
It's been assur for long enough that everyone just holds `lo plugh' when it comes to electricity. Yes an incandescent is prohibited, a hotplate is prohibited. An eInk display is technically alright, as is an LCD watch. But there's way to many gray areas between those. What about LED bulbs? Some get hot enough to be a problem, some do not.
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My wife and I arrived in France the same day as a holiday. All the grocery stores and restaurants were closed and we had absolutely no food - we spent an hour driving/walking from place to place. Defeated and on our way back to our car to go to our rental, our savior appeared. A pizza truck.
Do all shops and restaurants stay open on holidays in the US?
The only day I’d say things really shutdown is Christmas Day, but even then many grocery stores have limited hours (open from 9am to 2pm).