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<DIV>On Areivim dated 10/15/2012 Ben Waxman <<A
title=mailto:ben1456@zahav.net.il href="mailto:ben1456@zahav.net.il"
target=_blank>ben1456@zahav.net.il</A>><BR>writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial><BR>>> Do the chu"l poskim tell people not to view Israeli
web sites when it is<BR>Shabbat here, especially dynamic ones that are updated
on Shabbat? <<<BR><BR>Ben<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>>>>>></DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know the answer to that question but it reminds me of something
I've meant to ask for a while. There's a link to a live webcam that
shows continuous feed from the Kosel. </DIV>
<DIV> <<<A
href="http://english.thekotel.org/cameras.asp">http://english.thekotel.org/cameras.asp</A>
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<DIV>I don't know whether this webcam is live on Shabbos too, but if it is,
could I go to it on Friday afternoon here in Florida and watch all those
people davening Kabbalas Shabbos in Y-m? </DIV>
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<DIV>And here's another question. I can phone somebody in Israel when it
is not yet Shabbos here and make their phone ring over there on Shabbos. I
have thought of doing that -- just let it ring twice -- as a way of signaling
"Good Shabbos" to a friend or relative in Israel -- but never did it because it
seemed to me that even if mutar (is it?), it would not be Shabbosdig for them to
have the phone ringing.</DIV>
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<DIV>But here's a question. Suppose I had a way of not only making their
phone ring, but also of turning their lights on and off or doing some other
melacha that would be of use to them and not just an irritation like a ringing
phone. Would that be mutar?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</STRONG><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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