I must say that the idea of not using electricity on shabbas was interesting and that it really was an item that merited real debate. There were indeed true rabbis of the orthodox sort who once thought that perhaps electricity was ok. They did not meet the love of the true conservative minded jews of the day who were indeed Torah Stars. But that said, it just occurred to me in a flash today that this was indeed so. In the year that I did not do anything electrical on shabbas, I was anxious, I was concerned about my mother and father's experiences and I was angry that I could not actually sit down and have a cup of coffee in the morning without violating the perceived shabbas laws. Torah does not say thou shalt not drink Sanka on Shabbas. It doesn't. It says do not light a fire. I don't.
So that said, I am awake and ready to face the morning sunlight. But lets not be Jewish Terrorists and terrorize every living soul with our adhereance to a concept that is not prooven in Torah. Its not. Its a heresy and I must here in report this to be true. So rabbis of today, wake up. Perhaps the reform and conservative Jews are not the pagans you imagined them to really be. Perhaps some liberalism is a good thing. Not too much though. I don't want to start reading the menu for the golf resort on the way to the cucumber farm in my bed robes and bathroom slippers. Just kidding. I'll eat the cucumbers but don't play golf on shabbas. You'd have to drive your gas guzzler. Thanks!
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