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  The Use of Electricity on Shabbat / Rabbi Michael Broyde & Rabbi Howard Jachter and Yom Tov
The Talmud (Shabbat 47b) states that one may not place a dish of water around a flame (which is emitting sparks) on Friday lest one shift the water on Shabbat and thus extinguish the flame.
In Shabbat 120a the Mishnah states that it is permitted to place barrels of water in the path of a fire with the intent that the barrels catch fire, burst, and their content extinguish the flames.
The use of electricity on Shabbat and Yom Tov is a relatively new, and exceedingly complex, area of halacha.
www.daat.co.il /daat/english/journal/broyde_1.htm   (14276 words)

  
 Introduce Encyclopedia Judaica, The Encyclopaedia Judaica For Youth, Encyclopedia Judaica Full Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Encyclopaedia Judaica for Youth on CD ROM features a breathtaking visual gallery of hundreds of pictures which tell the story of the Jewish experience in Judaica Israel and other parts of the world, plus a diverse menu of musical selections throughout the ages, including Shabbat and liturgical prayers, Klezmer music, and more.
The Shabbat article, for example, has a number of selections from the liturgy of Shabbat and a song from the havdallah service sung by Abraham, Esther and Rachel Altaleff of Izmir, Turkey.
The article on Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), for example, has a couple of dramatic photos and links to music such as an Ethiopian chant of the final Yom Kippur prayer.
www.lookjudaica.com /encyclopedia.htm   (2644 words)

  
 Shabbat - musings of a social architect: Another Wonderful Shabbat Dinner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SEP helps make Shabbat an integral part of student life on campus by The Shabbat Enhancement Program, sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs,
Here they disagree on their approach to Shabbat and everyday food: but are they really
We had Shabbat dinner with some our friends Wendy and John, who've recently I grew up with Shabbat dinners - and I love the ritual of baking challah,
feel-so.siteslinks.com /sil/feel-so-shabbat.htm   (250 words)

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