[Avodah] Kissing Mobile Devices

[Simon Montagu via Avodah]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Rn Toby Katz via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

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> I have never recited Birkas Hamazon on crackers but today for the first
> time I recited Birkas Hamazon on my cellphone.  Here is my question:  When
> I close a bentsher  or a siddur I kiss it.  When I finish bentshing off my
> phone should I kiss the phone before closing that screen?
>

I have had the same question when praying from the siddur app on my
cellphone or the scans from siddurim on my Kindle, and learning from ebooks.

It seems like a classic heftza/gavra question: do you kiss a siddur or
sefer because of *its* kedusha, or to express *your* reverence for the
mitzva and the text? I don't know the answer.
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