[Discuss] [OT] Smart Phones

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 03/01/2013 10:32 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> The Amish elders don't forbid their flocks from using modern 
> technology: they just
> keep it at arms length. They ask the faithful to avoid using 
> electricity, because it
> requires men to work on the Sabbath, but when woodworking shops have a
> legitimate need for electric tools, they simply install a generator to 
> power
> them, and shut it down at the end of the workday. I've heard that it's 
> actually
> less expensive than getting power from the electric grid. 
While this is quite OT, Orthodox Jews also do not work on Sabbath and 
holidays.But, those I know set timers on their lightsand walk to Synagogue.

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