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size=2>From: David Riceman <A
href="mailto:driceman@att.net">driceman@att.net</A><BR><BR>The question came up
over Shabbos whether Rabbi Karelitz, who prohibited <BR>opening and closing (as
they say in modern Hebrew) an electrical circuit <BR>on Shabbos because of
binyan and stirah, said the same thing about a <BR>water circuit (e.g., opening
or closing a tap in the sink). We could <BR>think of no logical
distinction between the two cases.<BR><BR>David Riceman<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>There is water in the pipes even if the faucet is not turned on. You
are not bringing the water into existence by opening the faucet. But it
seems to me there is no pool of electricity sitting there someplace,
no puddles of electricity sitting in the wires. If there is no completed
circuit, "electricity" simply doesn't exist. (R' Micha, I don't have a
very good understanding of electricity so if what I just wrote is factually
wrong, please reject this post, thank you.)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><FONT color=#000000></FONT><BR><STRONG>--Toby
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