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Mar 6, 2014 at 18:33 answer added msh210 timeline score: 2
Mar 2, 2014 at 23:15 comment added David Feigen Electricity can be used in various forms. For example a fan would have a different din than a light bulb. And a cell phone from a car. Every device and how they operate will determine what the din is
Feb 16, 2014 at 10:10 comment added eliavs @sam From wht I understand Reb Shlomo Zalmen did not hold it is a minhag but derabanan (issur "nolad" or "ovadin dechol")
Feb 14, 2014 at 16:09 comment added sam Rav Shlomo Zalmen held it was a minhag
Feb 14, 2014 at 14:26 history edited Seth J CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 13, 2014 at 23:18 comment added Yishai As summarized here Rav Moshe did not come to a conclusion on the matter, and remained in doubt about it. I don't know the source enough to know if it is reliable, and I don't have time to check the quotes, but he gives his sources to investigate.
Feb 13, 2014 at 11:18 comment added eliavs Maybe you mean Reb Zalman Oyerbach? he held that the issur is derabanan (minchas shlomo a, 9-12), so did the Tzitz Eliezer
Feb 13, 2014 at 3:20 history edited Ish Ploni ViKohen CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 12, 2014 at 22:35 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackJudaism/status/433731043150266368
Feb 12, 2014 at 21:57 history edited msh210 CC BY-SA 3.0
surely electricity use on Shabas is not a minhag
Feb 12, 2014 at 21:07 history asked Ish Ploni ViKohen CC BY-SA 3.0