[Avodah] LED "tealights" for Shabbos candles

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 03:58:34PM +0300, Marty Bluke wrote:
: See http://www.yutorah.com/_materials/Candle%20Lighting%20Part%20II.pdf for
: a discussion of whether you can make a Beracha or not on electric lights
: and specifically fluorescent bulbs (the same would apply to LEDs). He
: quotes poskim with a variety of reasons why you would not make a beracha on
: electric lights.

Frustratingly, he talks about florescent lights and qiyum, but not
whether battery powered (so that there is only one person's action)
florescent lights would be a berakhah problem even according to RSZA
(who is the minority cited who allows a berakhah on incandescent bulbs)
for the reasons I raised.

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:47:13AM -0400, Poppers, Michael wrote:
: Perhaps "hadlaqah" refers to providing fuel (e.g. electricity)
: for consumption, regardless of the medium through which the fuel is
: conveyed or of any side-effects (like light or heat);

I'm not sure electricity is a fuel. That's a literal "not sure"; I'm not
arguing, just questioning whether your "e.g." is valid. The electricity
isn't "consumed", it has no measurable weight, etc...

:                                                       and "neir" refers
: to enlightening (e.g. a mitzvah), regardless of the method?

Nur, from which we get neir and menorah, is also the shoresh of tanur.

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-Micha

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