Q&A: Is Electricity Definitely Forbidden on the Sabbath
Is Electricity Definitely Forbidden on the Sabbath
Question
Hello,
The hardest restriction on the Sabbath is of course the prohibition against using electricity.
Is that prohibition "certain," as certain as anything can be, or is it possible that one day
a way will be found to permit it?
I can't understand how it would be impossible to find a way to permit it. And if not directly,
then through some kind of modification or some other method.
Thank you!
Answer
What is obvious to you is not obvious to me. But that isn't important.
Nothing in the world is certain. It is always possible that something will happen. In the past too there were halakhic decisors who permitted the use of electricity, and according to most decisors this does not involve a Torah prohibition.
Apparently in the future it will be possible to operate things without any active action on our part. And one can think of other ways as well.
Discussion on Answer
Conservatism, which protects us from drastic innovations that would be hard to walk back if we later discover there's a problem with them
Hello,
Thank you for the answer.
So why don't they find more ways and permit it, and make the world ********a lot******** simpler?