Q&A: Electricity on a Jewish Holiday
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Electricity on a Jewish Holiday
Question
Is it permitted to turn on electricity on a Jewish holiday?
They showed me that there are rabbis who permit it.
Answer
In my opinion it is forbidden (apparently on a Torah-level prohibition). See here: https://mikyab.net/posts/72275
Discussion on Answer
According to the parameters of the food-preparation exemption. I didn’t go into that. The question is which labors were permitted for food preparation, and there’s also the rule of “since”.
Right, but the question I asked was about a Jewish holiday and not the Sabbath. So I thought you had a halakhic ruling on the matter.
Even if this is considered building, couldn’t it sometimes be permitted on a Jewish holiday but not on the Sabbath—for example with an oven? Or an electric kettle? Since it’s for food preparation.