Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moscom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!ritcv!moscom!de From: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Electricity and its use on Shabbes Message-ID: <228@moscom.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 11:59:04 EDT Article-I.D.: moscom.228 Posted: Wed Sep 19 11:59:04 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 00:58:37 EDT Distribution: net Organization: MOSCOM Corp, East Rochester, NY Lines: 17 I would like to add my thought on the fire/electricity debate. Perhaps the forbidding of the use of electricity on Shabbes is not strictly a law but rather a "geder" a fence to prevent other violations. If one is allowed to use electricity, what would stop one from, say, using an electric drill and violating the 39 forbidden labors? Precedent does exist for this geder -- why does a kid in its mother's milk forbid the mixing of chicken and milk; obviously a chicken does not produce milk. Shana tova. David Esan ZZ ZZ :Replace this line with your message