Saturday, March 12, 2011

Complicity in hell or heaven you take your pick

I must say here that I just entered the bathroom to take a shower and in doing so, I turned on a light switch.  And I must say its a sad expience to do so on shabbas. Not because its a pagan foolish thing to do but rathe because you thought that you owned the right to have a sabbath that did not require you to light a light switch. And perhaps if you want to really have a good shabbat you wont use the electricity at all. I cant fault you for this and I can truly see how it might make you feel good, smart and wise.  But it's just a fools rose parade.  You really did not have to behave that way though if you feel like turning a light switch is unrestful activity, by all means leave them all on.  But that said, in my home we don't like to pay for somthing we don't need to buy so I guess we will indeed shut off a few lights on shabbas. I wont feel the same pride in my soul that I was holier than I was before I did this practice of not using electricity, but that said, I will realize that God is not against me using an electric switch on shabbas. Thats my thoughts and I hope you guys all enjoy your electrical wizard shabbas years ahead of all of us!  Thanks!

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