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Thursday, December 23, 2010
E-Books on Shabbat?
The Atlantic published a very interesting article on the issue of e-books for shomer Shabbat readers. The Conservative perspective is well-represented by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, who comments that even if e-readers could technically be made halakhically Shabbat-compliant, they may still pose a problem spiritually for Shabbat. Most interestingly, Rabbi Nevins is portrayed as being as halakhically serious and rigorous, with an almost equivalent view as the one of the Orthodox rabbis featured (albeit a liberal one). It is refreshing to see the Conservative perspective featured as so matter-of-factly serious about Jewish law, as part of a spectrum of Jewish legal opinion that includes Conservative Judaism.
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I realize this is not a comment on your post per se or at all. Kudos on your blog and path of discovery! Having found your blog I thought I would ask you are aware of an electronic version of the masorti siddur online. I can reached at midwoodmench at gmail dot com.
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