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Re:Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’ by dragonsky on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:02AM (#17993204)
Always struck me as strange that cooking is not work, but turning on a oven is. Would starting a fire to cook over be considered work?
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Re:Let’s bring back the Sabbath as an act against ‘total work’ by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:56AM (#17993335)
As far as I'm aware, starting a fire is what is actually prohibited, and certain modern Jews refuse to activate electric devices on the theory that electricity is a form of fire.
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