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

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Avroham Yakov asked:

> 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.

Please see my post at http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol17/v17n093.shtml#04 where I quoted from Rav Moshe Heinemann (of the Star-K), that the violation is d'Oraisa if the device is intended for *either* heat OR light.

Akiva Miller


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