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Reminds me of Shabbat lamps. Since observant Jews are forbidden from using electricity ("starting fires") on Saturdays, what they do is turn on the lamp on Frid

• icebraining 11y ago
  Lamps? There are full ovens with a Shabbat mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_mode#Oven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_mode#Oven "the standard six- or twelve-hour automatic shutoff is overridden"
• sp332 11y ago
  It isn't about using or saving electricity. It's about not doing work. I'm a Protestant Christian and I know that.
  • mynameisvlad 11y ago
    That's not true at all. The translation is "Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day." Literally, you cannot light fires (which many have extended to electricity use). Nothing about work involved at all.
• ars 11y ago
  > Since observant Jews are forbidden from using electricity That is not true. They are forbidden from changing electricity. i.e. turning something on or off. The Sadducees believed like you, that it was forbidden for the fire to be on, but the oral Torah is very clear that only starting (or extinguishing) a fire is prohibited. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/484251/jewish/Why-do-we-eat-Cholent-on-Shabbat.htm http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/484251/jewish/... And only Jewish humans are prohibited from turning on the fire, machines (timers, etc) are allowed to. So are non-Jews.