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==Electric Sensors== | ==Electric Sensors== | ||
# It is forbidden to speak to "Siri" or Alexa or another other voice activated electronic device on Shabbat.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:173 writes that it is forbidden to activate an electronic device with your voice on Shabbat.</ref> | # It is forbidden to speak to "Siri" or Alexa or another other voice activated electronic device on Shabbat.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:173 writes that it is forbidden to activate an electronic device with your voice on Shabbat.</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to walk in front of an motion sensor to open an electric door to cause it to open.<ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68 writes that it is forbidden to intentionally cause a motion sensor to cause an electric door to open on Shabbat.</ref> | # It is forbidden to walk in front of an motion sensor to open an electric door to cause it to open.<ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68 writes that it is forbidden to intentionally cause a motion sensor to cause an electric door to open on Shabbat.</ref> If one needs to enter a door that is activated by a motion sensor he can walk immediately behind a non-Jew who is entering for his own benefit.<ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68, Ubyom HaShabbat 32:18</ref> | ||
# Many poskim hold that it is permitted to walk in front of a motion sensor that will turn on a light in a lit place if one doesn't try to turn it on and doesn't care about it.<ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68 writes that since one doesn't care about turning on the light it isn't even considered a pesik reisha on a derabbanan and is permitted.</ref> | # Many poskim hold that it is permitted to walk in front of a motion sensor that will turn on a light in a lit place if one doesn't try to turn it on and doesn't care about it.<ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68 writes that since one doesn't care about turning on the light it isn't even considered a pesik reisha on a derabbanan and is permitted. He repeats this in 1:47, 3:41, 3:97, and 9:69.</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to use an electric card key to open a lock on Shabbat.<Ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68</ref> | # It is forbidden to use an electric card key to open a lock on Shabbat.<Ref>Shevet Halevi 9:68</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to sleep with an electric blanket that is turned on before Shabbat and has any buttons or adjustable knobs covered.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:50 writes that the blanket isn't muktzeh since it is a kli for heter and isur and more significantly heter. In terms of a concern that one is going to adjust it one needs to cover the buttons before Shabbat. See there for more details.</ref> | |||
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