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<DIV>--- On <B>Wed, 8/4/10, torahmike@gmail.com <I><torahmike@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv187608290>>><SPAN class=yiv187608290Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Conducting an intermarriage on Shabbos is bad, but using a microphone on<BR>>>Shabbos would put him beyond the pale.</SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN class=yiv187608290Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"> While this was said in jest/sarcasm, the truth is marrying non-jewish is only a lav, while breaking shabbos midoraysa theoreticallly</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=yiv187608290Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">would be a lav + misah. If I understand correctly, someone who marries non-jewish could theoretically be trusted for hilchos kashrus(someone correct me if i am wrong). While many consider intermarriage the 'worst' sin ever, I think that concept itself is one borrowed from the non-jews(irony)! The worst sins are those with the harshest punishments prescribed by the torah, says Rabeinu Yonah.</SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>AFAIK there is no Issur melacha in using a microphone on Shabbos. The issue is Mashmiyas Kol - making a loud noise on Shabbos (which at most is an Issur D'Rabbanan IIRC). </DIV>
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<DIV>Microphones that are on before Shabbos and not touched are no different wrt Melacha than hearing aids which operate on the same principle (amplifying the sound passively). I don't know of any Poskim that prohibit using a hearing aid on Shabbos.</DIV>
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<DIV>The fact is that even the electric component of a microphone might not be in the category of a Melacha. The CI Taaneh'd that Zerem (the flow of electrons) constitued the Melacha of Boneh. But I'm not convinced of that and neither was RSZA - who although disagreeing with the CI about the Metzius of electricity = was Noteh to the CI in Psak.</DIV>
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<DIV>HM</DIV>
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