Electricity on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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===Electric Blanket=== | ===Electric Blanket=== | ||
#It is permitted to use an electric blanket on [[shabbat]], provided one does not move the knob that adjusts it. | #It is permitted to use an electric blanket on [[shabbat]], provided one does not move the knob that adjusts it. It is proper to place scotch tape on top of the knob in order to prevent oneself from accidentally adjusting the blanket on [[shabbat]].<ref>Igrot Moshe 3:50, Menuchat Ahava 1:24:37, Yechave Da'at 2:49 </ref> Note this only applies to the older electric blankets that work when plugged in but not ones which are responsive to sensing a person's presence are forbidden. | ||
# A space heater according to many poskim is muktzeh.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Shulchan Shlomo 308:13 fnt. 34), Orchot Shabbat ch. 19 fnt. 246, Avnei Yishfeh, Shalmei Yehuda 2:19 quoting Rav Elyashiv</ref> Some hold it is only a kli she'melachto l'isur.<Ref>39 Melachos (v. 1 p. 51) based on Igrot Moshe 3:49, 4:51:5</ref> | |||
===Automatic Doors, Doorbells, and Door Chimes=== | ===Automatic Doors, Doorbells, and Door Chimes=== | ||
