nah, i'm a slob. a laptop isn't ok if you're a shomer shabbat, (which means you keep the tradition and don't use electricity or fire or anything), but we're not, we're secular, so it's ok :)
ripping toilet paper pre-shabbat, so you're not tearing... although at camp we had shabbos toilet paper, but then we'd get candy and ice cream and could rip that open, as long as we weren't tearing letters on the labels... i love how jews get around rules and make up so many funny ones that really don't make sense even when they do in an odd way...
anyway, the laptop was the whole point of the photo-- there's the ancient tradition (candlesticks, white tablecloth), and new technology, on the same table.
you can light candles pre-shabbat, and you can also light a candle from another candle that was already lit... just not strike a match, because you're creating fire from nothing...
actually, you can't light a candle from another candle on shabbat, only in holydays, and only to make food (cook). or at least that was the primary intention, nowdays it's a comfort for the religious smokers.
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Re: A laptop is okay???
Date: 2005-03-05 04:53 pm (UTC)a laptop isn't ok if you're a shomer shabbat, (which means you keep the tradition and don't use electricity or fire or anything), but we're not, we're secular, so it's ok :)
Re: not shomer
Date: 2005-03-05 04:57 pm (UTC)Still, it looks neat and simple. Uncluttered and easy to deal with.
Re: not shomer
Date: 2005-03-05 04:58 pm (UTC)what toilet paper thing?
toiletpaper
Date: 2005-03-05 07:21 pm (UTC)i love how jews get around rules and make up so many funny ones that really don't make sense even when they do in an odd way...
Re: not shomer
Date: 2005-03-05 04:59 pm (UTC)there's the ancient tradition (candlesticks, white tablecloth), and new technology, on the same table.
Re: on the same table
Date: 2005-03-05 05:01 pm (UTC)and I had noticed.
but somehow it doesn't really look out of place.
Re: on the same table
Date: 2005-03-05 05:02 pm (UTC)Re:don't use electricity or fire or anything
Date: 2005-03-05 07:08 pm (UTC)fire
Date: 2005-03-05 07:25 pm (UTC)Re: fire
Date: 2005-03-05 07:42 pm (UTC)Thank you
Re: fire
Date: 2005-03-07 03:55 pm (UTC)Re: don't use electricity or fire or anything
Date: 2005-03-05 07:26 pm (UTC)Re: sabbath candles
Date: 2005-03-05 07:42 pm (UTC)