[Avodah] Electricity on Shabbos

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, April 6, 2007 4:05 am, R Saul Mashbaum wrote:
: [R] Marty Bluke wrote about the CI's position on electricity and mlechet boneh:
:> In fact, that sevara has been rejected l'halacha at least by tevilas keilim.
:> One acharon suggested
:> that a toaster would be patur from tevilas keilim because it is mechubar
:> l'karka (plugged in) and everyone else disagreed.
:
: The CI's position on electricity is AFAIK indeed a daat yachid AFAIK, but the
: idea that electric appliances are patur from tvila because they are mechubarim
: l'karka is a respected opinion with halachic weight.

Does the above mean that the CI was only talking about AC appliances? That
battery powered devices, with no cibur laqarqa wouldn't be boneh? In which
case, how would a battery powered calculator (no filaments, no chibur laqarqa,
can't be considered a keli zemer) wouldn't be a problem?

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