A Kosher Switch? |
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BH, 25th of Nissan 5775, 14/04/15
Today, Israeli media reported the invention of an electric 'Kosher switch' for Shabbat, with the approval of various rabbis. This item was recycled from 2010 and already then denials and renunciation by great rabbinic authorities where published regarding every day use for this product. The method presented here is 'Gramma', i.e. indirect activation, permitted only for medical, security and similar situations, as explained in the Shulchan Aruch laws of Shabbat Siman של"ד section 22. No Orthodox rabbi, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, has permited this 'Gramma' method for pure convenience. The Haskama presented by the company by Hagaon Rabbi Neuwirth zt"l (the number one expert in the laws of Shabbat, whose book 'Shmirat Shabbat Kehilchata' became a staple in this area) was misleadingly extracted from him, as he told me personally at the time. He added the following sentence to the company's document in his own hand writing: the "only for medical and security use". Furthermore, Rabbi Neuwirth troubled himself and wrote an official letter to the Company (28th of Tevet 5772) "Regarding what you have written on my behalf to allow a type of 'Kosher Gramma', to cause electric lights to be turn on, on Shabbat – is impossible. And never crossed my mind, except for the sick and for security. Please also advertise this publicly so that people will not be misled by me".
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