[Avodah] Electricity on Shabbas and Yom Tov, Was Pikuach Nefesh

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Eliyahu Gerstl requested:
> I would appreciate if I could be given citations to the
> references to: RSZA, Rav Moshe Heinemann, or others
> regarding electricity on Shabbas and Yom Tov. 

Rav Heinemann's appears in "Guide to Halachos" by Nachman Schachter, published by Feldheim, pp 29-30. If you don't have access to this wonderful sefer, I posted the relevant paragraphs a few years ago here on Avodah, at http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol17/v17n093.shtml#04

As regards Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, I may have misquoted him, as I'm currently unable to find a direct reference. However, I did find something very relevant to the original post (which involved a Jewish politician speaking on the phone on Yom Tov about governmental affairs):

Shmiras Shabbos K'Hilchasa 32:41 says that if one has phoned a doctor regarding a choleh sheyesh bo sakana, he need not weigh the need for each and every word, but should say whatever is needed regarding the choleh, and may even say "Shalom" or "Thank you" at the end of the call. The mareh makom on this says: "I heard from RZSA that once the telephone connection has been made, there is no prohibition (ayn bo issur) if he continues to speak, at least for anything which has a need (kol sheyesh lo tzorech)."

Akiva Miller

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