[Avodah] Explaining boneh/electricity to a non-religious person

[martin brody]

Well, you have now moved the goal posts. Turning on a light is somewhat
different from using electricity.
Tell whomever, that turning on incandescent lights violates some laws, but
there is a difference of opinion which laws or whether they are Biblical
violations or Rabbinic. Everybody( I think) agrees on that
Fluorescent lights are not the same, and are included in other electrical
appliances, and as such are subject to many differing opinions, including
RSZA who says there is no violation at all, but doesn't permit it(use of
electricity) because of custom, but would if there is need.
If that doesn't work for your student, have a stiff scotch.

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Avroham Yakov <avyakov at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Thanks.
>
> With that, why can't one turn on a light?
>
> For an incandescent, we can understand that it gets hot.
> But with fluorescent, or some of the newer bulbs, they don’t get hot.
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:59:49 -0800
> Subject: Explaining boneh/electricity to a non-religious person
> From: martinlbrody at gmail.com
> To: avyakov at hotmail.com; avodah at lists.aishdas.org
>
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> I'd explain it the same way I would to a religious person.
> It is a minority opinion considered incorrect by most who know anything
> about it.
> I'd much rather tell them what R.SZA said.
>
> Martin Brody
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