[Avodah] alexa sale?

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Thu Sep 6 16:01:25 PDT 2018


On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 01:06:41PM +0000, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
:> Saul Guberman wrote:
:>: Why would the Alexa step be any different than you typing into your
:>: computer.   All electronic, no physical kinyan happens.
: 
:> He was talking to himself, not intentially to Alexa.
: 
:> I don't think maqneh shelo midaas is a thing.

: Assume as he woke he had full intent to sell just not knowledge it was
: shabbat. What if instead of alexa it was his non-Jewish assistant?

YOu shifted the question from a keli to amirah le'akum, which is an
interesting case of shevus deshvus bemaqom mitzvah -- amirah le'akum
to do a qinyan for the sake of getting rid of chameitz.

But that has little bearing on the Alexa case.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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