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Television on Saturday

שו”תCategory: HalachaTelevision on Saturday
asked 6 years ago

Peace and blessings.
Why is it forbidden to watch television on Shabbat that is turned on by a Shabbat clock? Why is this different from turning on an air conditioner?


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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago
For two main reasons: 1. Jews work there. 2. Awsha Milta (appearance). There is also room for such concern with the air conditioner, but everyone understands that it operates in advance on the Sabbath clock.

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ונדטה replied 6 years ago

Thank you very much
If it's reruns of old shows, or just a tape.
And if it's a place where you can't be seen, or alternatively it will spread in the public that television is like an air conditioner.
Will there still be a problem?

מיכי replied 6 years ago

Reruns are also operated by a complete system of people. On tape, there is clearly no problem (essential. There is also a semblance of an eye).
And even if you cannot be seen, what is forbidden by a semblance of an eye is also forbidden in rooms.

איש replied 6 years ago

If the prohibition is from the rabbis, I remember that it was added to the Mukhtar, and they wrote that there is no rule that applies even in private rooms.

מיכי Staff replied 6 years ago

Add the inscriptions of the s. a. d. ‘m.ma.achan’. And it does not seem so from most poskim.
See for example a nice review here:
https://www.etzion.org.il/he/%D7%99%D7%91-%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9F

הלל replied 6 years ago

And for the air conditioner to work at the electricity company, don't Jews work there?

מיכי Staff replied 6 years ago

Absolutely yes, but there is a need for a pico”n. What goes beyond that is a proliferation of classes, and it is not without problems. Of course, electricity on Shabbat is a much more essential need these days.

הלל replied 6 years ago

Does the fact that it is a vital need invalidate the halakha?

מיכי Staff replied 6 years ago

Does not eliminate, but allows for reliance on mitigating opinions and sufficiency.

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