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I am Jewish and don't observe but know a lot that do and also talk about how great it is to be able to leave everything behind on the Sabbath. I can definitely
by jliptzin 8y ago
I am Jewish and don't observe but know a lot that do and also talk about how great it is to be able to leave everything behind on the Sabbath. I can definitely see the value in disconnecting one day a week. However, they also do a lot of really weird things that I can imagine creates even more stress, just for the sake of interpreting religious law as strictly as possible. For example, my friend's cousin accidentally left groceries in the trunk of her car, but since opening the trunk would cause the trunk light to go on, she couldn't do it (nor any jewish person with her apparently) and so food was left to rot in a hot car. I have countless stories like this being around observant Jews my whole life and it seems that is way more stressful, at least to me. Do people really believe God is maintaining a database of all the times someone is technically breaking Shabbat law?
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- navaati 8y ago"Do people really believe God is maintaining a database [...]" Well what do you think Oracle is ;) ?
- PakG1 8y agoActual book title, look it up on Amazon: The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
- coaxial 8y agoMy oven has a Shabbat mode: when you activate this mode, touching the controls doesn't make any sound anymore, opening the oven door doesn't trigger the light, and when touching a button the effect is delayed by a few seconds so you're not technically getting any result from touching the button while still getting the effect from touching the button.
- Gracana 8y agoI always find these things kind of funny. How important are these rules if god is so easily tricked?
- firic 8y agoGod is not tricked. There is no restriction against cooking on Shabbat. There are restrictions against eg. making a fire and building. If you can somehow cook without doing any of those things, then there is nothing wrong with it.
- Gracana 8y agoI was talking about this: "when touching a button the effect is delayed by a few seconds so you're not technically getting any result from touching the button while still getting the effect from touching the button."
- compsciphd 8y agoThe concept is called Grama and its not universally accepted for these ovens and the like. For the reason you stated, if something is going to happen, just we are not 100% sure exactly when, then some don't consider it grama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grama_(halacha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grama_(halacha) Grama really only helps you for rabbinically prohibited actions. (i.e. man made law, man made loophole). Not law that is considered biblical in nature. Most people who wonder about all the "loopholes" don't realize that its talking about what jews considered rabbinic law. to make an analogy, congress can't legislate a loophole around the constitution, they can legislate loopholes around their own laws.
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- squozzer 8y agoIt all sounds a bit legalistic. I say that with a grin.