[Avodah] Electronic Communications to People in Israel During Their Shabbath

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 02/09/17 05:39, David Havin via Avodah wrote:
> Is it permissible to send electronic communications to people in Israel 
> during their Shabbath?
> 
> Does it make a difference whether the communication is via e-mail, fax, 
> text (SMS) or WhatsApp?

If you know they won't break shabbos to read it, or at least you don't 
know they will break shabbos to read it, then I don't see a problem. 
"Ee ata metzuveh al shevisas keilim".  It's not shabbos for you; it is 
shabbos for the remote instrument that you are manipulating, but that is 
not a problem.  The same would apply to operating a waldo that's in a 
place where it's shabbos; it's shevisas keilim, which BH says is not a 
thing.


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