Q&A: Sources on the Laws of the Sabbath in Our Time
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Sources on the Laws of the Sabbath in Our Time
Question
Hi Rabbi Michi, how are you?
1. Where can I find halakhic sources on electricity on the Sabbath (a Sabbath timer, hotplate, television, telephone) and the laws of cross-dressing? Whether responsa or other things.
2. If the Shulchan Arukh is the mara d’atra, does that make it a bearer of formal authority? (Like the Talmud, for example.)
Answer
2. If it is the mara d’atra, then it has formal authority in public matters (but not regarding my private conduct). But it isn’t.
1. Search online and you’ll find as much as you want. Google provides that service.