http://jewneric.com/baseball-on-shabbos/2007/10/26/ A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://jewneric.com/baseball-on-shabbos/2007/10/26/#comment-54 Ahron Lerman Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:22:04 +0000 http://jewneric.com/baseball-on-shabbos/2007/10/26/#comment-54 Modern Judaism is all about loopholes. If not, then you'd eat dinner in the dark and eat cold food. The "spirit" of Shabbat changes with the times. I suppose if you could import some people from the 1800s and served them a warm Shabbat meal and had the lights in their room go off automatically, they wouldn't believe that was in the spirit of their Shabbat. So what really is the Spirit of Shabbat after all? Modern Judaism is all about loopholes. If not, then you’d eat dinner in the dark and eat cold food. The “spirit” of Shabbat changes with the times. I suppose if you could import some people from the 1800s and served them a warm Shabbat meal and had the lights in their room go off automatically, they wouldn’t believe that was in the spirit of their Shabbat. So what really is the Spirit of Shabbat after all?

]]> http://jewneric.com/baseball-on-shabbos/2007/10/26/#comment-42 benji Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:08:29 +0000 http://jewneric.com/baseball-on-shabbos/2007/10/26/#comment-42 Not nearly as exciting as watching something live, is TiVo... But if you are going to use Time Warner's new deal, then do it... and OWN it. There are many issues that I am close to the line on, and many that I cross. I believe as long as you are aware of what you are doing and making an educated decision, and not diluting yourself into thinking "its ok just because I found a BS loop-hole" you're alright. Just last weekend I had a conversation with a few Rabbi’s who were talking about the new type of hot water heaters. Now there are ones you can shut off the inflow and heating element on Friday, and use hot water on Shabbat. One rabbi loves it and uses it. The other can’t imagine using hot water on Shabbat “It just doesn’t feel right”. The way I see it, they both researched the issue, found what they were comfortable with, and sleep well at night. Not nearly as exciting as watching something live, is TiVo… But if you are going to use Time Warner’s new deal, then do it… and OWN it. There are many issues that I am close to the line on, and many that I cross. I believe as long as you are aware of what you are doing and making an educated decision, and not diluting yourself into thinking “its ok just because I found a BS loop-hole” you’re alright. Just last weekend I had a conversation with a few Rabbi’s who were talking about the new type of hot water heaters. Now there are ones you can shut off the inflow and heating element on Friday, and use hot water on Shabbat. One rabbi loves it and uses it. The other can’t imagine using hot water on Shabbat “It just doesn’t feel right”. The way I see it, they both researched the issue, found what they were comfortable with, and sleep well at night.

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