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* Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 1:21 and Menuchat Ahava 24:19 writes that it's very proper not to open the refrigerator except when the motor is running. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (10:12) recommends setting the refrigerator to a timer. </ref> | * Sh"t Yabia Omer OC 1:21 and Menuchat Ahava 24:19 writes that it's very proper not to open the refrigerator except when the motor is running. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (10:12) recommends setting the refrigerator to a timer. </ref> | ||
==Setting timers before Shabbat== | ==Setting timers before Shabbat== | ||
# It is permitted before Shabbat to set a timer for lights or other electric appliances to go on or off on Shabbat.<ref>Menuchat Ahava 24:30, Sh"t Yabea Omer 3:17 </ref> | # It is permitted before Shabbat to set a timer for lights or other electric appliances to go on or off on Shabbat.<ref>Sh"t Maharam Shik 157, Chazon Ish 38:2, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 13:26, Menuchat Ahava 24:30, Sh"t Yabea Omer 3:17 </ref> | ||
# One may set an alarm clock before Shabbat even though it will make noise on Shabbat. <ref>The Shabbos Home (Rabbi Simcha Cohen, vol 2, pg 537) and Sh"t Maharshag YD 1:7(2) permit. However, Sh"t Igrot Moshe 4:70(4) only permits if it is not heard outside his personal room. See Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:29 (and 28:30 in new edition) who permits before Shabbat for mitzvah purposes setting a mechanical alarm clock that involves removing a pin (see there). </ref> See [[Making music on Shabbat]]. | # One may set an alarm clock before Shabbat even though it will make noise on Shabbat. <ref>The Shabbos Home (Rabbi Simcha Cohen, vol 2, pg 537) and Sh"t Maharshag YD 1:7(2) permit. However, Sh"t Igrot Moshe 4:70(4) only permits if it is not heard outside his personal room. See Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 28:29 (and 28:30 in new edition) who permits before Shabbat for mitzvah purposes setting a mechanical alarm clock that involves removing a pin (see there). </ref> See [[Making music on Shabbat]]. | ||
==Reading by candle light versus light bulb== | ==Reading by candle light versus light bulb== | ||
# One isn’t allowed to read by a candle (wick in oil) on Shabbat because there is Gezerah that one will come to tilt the wick. <Ref> Mishna Shabbat 11a says that it’s forbidden to read by the light of a candle because one will come to tilt the wick. Rashi explains that if one tilts to wick (which is flickering) towards the oil so that it lights well, one will be violating Mavir (lighting a flame on Shabbat, which includes adding fuel to a flame). S”A 275:1 quotes this as halacha. </ref> | # One isn’t allowed to read by a candle (wick in oil) on Shabbat because there is Gezerah that one will come to tilt the wick. <Ref> Mishna Shabbat 11a says that it’s forbidden to read by the light of a candle because one will come to tilt the wick. Rashi explains that if one tilts to wick (which is flickering) towards the oil so that it lights well, one will be violating Mavir (lighting a flame on Shabbat, which includes adding fuel to a flame). S”A 275:1 quotes this as halacha. </ref> | ||
