> Since observant Jews are forbidden from using electricity
That is not true. They are forbidden from changing electricity. i.e. turning something on or off.
The Sadducees believed like you, that it was forbidden for the fire to be on, but the oral Torah is very clear that only starting (or extinguishing) a fire is prohibited.
That is not true. They are forbidden from changing electricity. i.e. turning something on or off.
The Sadducees believed like you, that it was forbidden for the fire to be on, but the oral Torah is very clear that only starting (or extinguishing) a fire is prohibited.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/484251/jewish/...
And only Jewish humans are prohibited from turning on the fire, machines (timers, etc) are allowed to. So are non-Jews.