[Avodah] BCI and Melacha on Shabbos and Other Issurim

[eliezere at aol.com]

I have been wondering about using a brain/computer interface mechanism to do 
melacha on Shabbos.
 
Obviously, no physical movement takes place on the human's part, so it could be 
argued that no melacha has been done by the person.  On the other hand, the 
melacha has to be attributed to someone, and that someone is most likely the 
initiator of the event.  While this is not intended as a pun on M'leches 
Machseves in the sense of m'leches m'chasheiv, it might turn out to be a perfect 
application of M'leches Machesheves, in which case it would be specific to 
Shabbos and not other issurim/mitzvos.

I write about this on my website, www.havolim.blogspot.com, and welcome feedback 
here or there.

Barzilai
 

 


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