[Avodah] microphone on shabbos

[Ilana Sober]

It's interesting that, as electricity becomes more and more ubiquitous, abstaining from its use becomes very much a defining feature of Shabbat.

Also interesting that, IIUC, the use of electricity without an incandescent element is generally considered d'rabbanan, so that Tzomet et al are able to devise devices that can be used with grama switches etc b'makom tzorech. For ordinary life, a day without electricity is very much set apart and one can easily understand the halachic instinct that it should be prohibited. But in situations of illness, disability, security, etc - even situations that do not get to the level of pikuach nefesh - a day without electricity can be extremely trying.

- Ilana
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