Comments on: Shabbat Shalom (Inside A Phone) http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:41:49 -0500 hourly 1 By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-111637 Tamar Weinberg Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:12:45 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/#comment-111637 Ah Bryce, you don't read Crunchgear as often as the rest of us do. <a href="http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/27/what-did-you-receive-for-hanukkah/" rel="nofollow">Vince reveals all here!</a> Ah Bryce, you don’t read Crunchgear as often as the rest of us do. Vince reveals all here!

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-111634 Tamar Weinberg Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:11:31 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/#comment-111634 Truthfully, this "loophole" makes no religious sense. In incidents where a life can be saved (known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikuach_nefesh" rel="nofollow">pikuach nefesh</a>), you can definitely violate Shabbat to drive an emergency vehicle or call a hospital. I see from the Ubergizmo link that the phone is intended for those 'non life or death' situations, but this phone would be frowned upon by strict Rabbis anyhow because of "maarat ayin" (the appearance of doing something that is not religiously permissable, because you even say that it is "still a cellphone when it comes down to it"). To me, this opens a whole new can of worms that need to be dealt with. Truthfully, this “loophole” makes no religious sense. In incidents where a life can be saved (known as pikuach nefesh), you can definitely violate Shabbat to drive an emergency vehicle or call a hospital.

I see from the Ubergizmo link that the phone is intended for those ‘non life or death’ situations, but this phone would be frowned upon by strict Rabbis anyhow because of “maarat ayin” (the appearance of doing something that is not religiously permissable, because you even say that it is “still a cellphone when it comes down to it”). To me, this opens a whole new can of worms that need to be dealt with.

]]> By: Bryce Durbin http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-106370 Bryce Durbin Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:57:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/#comment-106370 You're Jewish? I thought you were Italian. You’re Jewish? I thought you were Italian.

]]> By: Phlipper http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-106085 Phlipper Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:03:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/16/shabbat-shalom-inside-a-phone/#comment-106085 Technically, the law doesn't say you can't use a cell phone. What it really says, deep down, is that you can't create or destroy anything during Shabbat. You can't create a fire, or open an electric circuit. I agree, this seems like a lame loophole, but if it helps a poor schmuck call ema and abba, daiyenu. Technically, the law doesn’t say you can’t use a cell phone. What it really says, deep down, is that you can’t create or destroy anything during Shabbat. You can’t create a fire, or open an electric circuit. I agree, this seems like a lame loophole, but if it helps a poor schmuck call ema and abba, daiyenu.

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