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Is there? Among who? I'm not aware of anyone who keeps Shabbat who uses voice activated electronics.
by benchaney 5y ago
Is there? Among who? I'm not aware of anyone who keeps Shabbat who uses voice activated electronics.
- bscphil 5y agoOne of the top comments in the article currently is by jedberg, who says in another comment that he went to Hebrew school. He discusses using Alexa as a Shabbat "hack": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27012719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27012719
- vxNsr 5y agoGoing to Hebrew school doesn’t make one orthodox.
- benchaney 5y agoFair enough, although not everyone who went to Hebrew school keeps Shabbat. I will say, for the sake of combating misinformation about Judaism, that people who keep Shabbat traditionally, but also use voice activated technology on Shabbat are extremely rare, if they exist at all. I have never heard of someone who actually adheres to this practice despite living in a community that is on the extreme liberal end of Shabbat observant Jews[0]. [0] Which is where you would expect this to happen if it actually did.
- vxNsr 5y agoI think the consensus is “no” but there is a discussion bec it’s closer to hinting at something than doing it directly.
- benchaney 5y agoI ask again, discussion among who? If someone reading this keeps Shabbat traditionally and uses voice activated technology on Shabbat (or knows someone who does), please speak up. I would like to hear about your practice. Otherwise, I would prefer to avoid giving the impression that this is a position that anyone holds. There is far too much misinformation present in this thread already.
- vxNsr 5y agoBro, idk, I listened to a shiur where it was brought up, I’m not about to go searching through Rav Schecters musser shmuzen for you.