[Avodah] Electricity on Shabbos

[Elliott Shevin]

Marty Bluke wrote:
 
> ... including the opinion of the Chazon Ish that creating a circuit is 
> Boneh min hatorah, 
 
.. and plugging in an appliance adds on to the wiring in the building. (It's the CI's idea, 
not mine!)
 
> R' Willig told me that if you get locked out you> can ask a non-Jew to open it as it is a shvus d'shvus b'makom kitzva.
 
My rav suggested leaving an envelope with a token amount of cash in the room, 
reserved for the non-Jew who opens the door as a benefit for him. 
I did that at my last motel stay, promising the clerk the money as a payment, 
but he opened the door gratis all the same. 
> Security cameras
 
A problem because light bounces off you and registers on a sensing device? 
 
> ... We are rapidly reaching a point where we will be unable to do> anything on Shabbos in a modern home. The poskim need to come up with> some kind of balance, given what is going on in the Jewish world I am> not optimistic.
 
Alas, true. Elly"Striving to bring Torah Judaism into the 58th century"
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