[Avodah] water and electricity

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From: David Riceman _driceman at att.net_ (mailto:driceman at att.net) 

The question came up  over Shabbos whether Rabbi Karelitz, who prohibited 
opening and closing (as  they say in modern Hebrew) an electrical circuit 
on Shabbos because of  binyan and stirah, said the same thing about a 
water circuit (e.g., opening  or closing a tap in the sink).  We could 
think of no logical  distinction between the two cases.

David Riceman






>>>>
There is water in the pipes even if the faucet is not turned on.  You  are 
not bringing the water into existence by opening the faucet.  But it  seems 
to me there is no pool of electricity sitting there someplace,  no puddles 
of electricity sitting in the wires. If there is no completed  circuit, 
"electricity" simply doesn't exist.  (R' Micha, I don't have a  very good 
understanding of electricity so if what I just wrote is factually  wrong, please 
reject this post, thank you.)
 

--Toby  Katz
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