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This is a common misconception, but the prohibition against using electronics on Shabbat has nothing to do with fire; it has to do with completing a circuit sin
by Itaxpica 8y ago
This is a common misconception, but the prohibition against using electronics on Shabbat has nothing to do with fire; it has to do with completing a circuit since "completing a construction" is one of the 39 specifically banned activities
- spiritcat 8y agoooh
- schoen 8y agoIt seems that both justifications have been used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_prohibited_on_Shabbat#Igniting_a_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activities_prohibited_on_Shabb... "Many poskim ground their prohibition of operating electrical appliances in this melakha."