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# Screen: Turning the screen on and off is similar to turning a regular light on and off - this can be an issur derabanon of making a fire (Mavir) according to some Poiskim. <ref>See Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's shiur (yutorah) on tablets on Shabbat for the army.</ref> | # Screen: Turning the screen on and off is similar to turning a regular light on and off - this can be an issur derabanon of making a fire (Mavir) according to some Poiskim. <ref>See Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's shiur (yutorah) on tablets on Shabbat for the army.</ref> | ||
# Charging: When you plug the wall charger into or out of the phone, according to The Chazon Ish (a da’as yochid) you are building and breaking a circuit and violative of the issur of Boineh and Soisair. | # Charging: When you plug the wall charger into or out of the phone, according to The Chazon Ish (a da’as yochid) you are building and breaking a circuit and violative of the issur of Boineh and Soisair. | ||
== | ===Halachic Status of the App=== | ||
<font color=red>''This piece is in the process of being written until the details about the app are fully explained.''</font> | <font color=red>''This piece is in the process of being written until the details about the app are fully explained.''</font> | ||
* ''Rabbinic Approval'': Firstly, let us point out that they don't present any rabbinic approbations.<ref> As of 10/3/14 the [http://www.shabbosapp.com/ Shabbat App site] does not have any rabbinic approvals.</ref> Saying it is muter before actually getting any approval is a big chutzpa to Orthodox Judaism who takes the rabbinic opinions very seriously. The zaken mamreh who isn't even fit to legislate isn't considered rebellious since he has no credibility yet his audacity and disrespect to the rabbis is greater than the person who is fit to legislate.<ref>See Rabbi Hershel Schachter's letter on women wearing Tefillin</ref> | * ''Rabbinic Approval'': Firstly, let us point out that they don't present any rabbinic approbations.<ref> As of 10/3/14 the [http://www.shabbosapp.com/ Shabbat App site] does not have any rabbinic approvals.</ref> Saying it is muter before actually getting any approval is a big chutzpa to Orthodox Judaism who takes the rabbinic opinions very seriously. The zaken mamreh who isn't even fit to legislate isn't considered rebellious since he has no credibility yet his audacity and disrespect to the rabbis is greater than the person who is fit to legislate.<ref>See Rabbi Hershel Schachter's letter on women wearing Tefillin</ref> | ||
