Sabbath mode , also known as Shabbos mode (Shabbat pronunciation) or Shabbat mode , is featured in many modern home appliances, including ovens and refrigerators, which is intended to allow the equipment to be used (subject to various constraints) by Shabbat-observant Jews on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. This mode usually affects the normal daily operation of electric appliance and makes the operation of the device in accordance with the rules of Halakha (Jewish law).
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Halakha forbade the Jews to do creative work on Shabbat. The devout Jews interpret this to include various activities including making fire, preparing food, or even closing the switch or pressing the electronic key. Various technological solutions have been made for those who need to use electronic (or electronically controlled) devices on Shabbat, including "Sabbath mode" specific to other standard equipment.
The use of the Sabbath mode term has been made by the manufacturer and does not always guarantee full compliance with the religious requirements. Equipment sold with certification from a halachic certification authority will be audited and assessed in accordance with the requirements of that authority.
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Tools
Oven
While according to Halakha, raw food may not be cooked on Shabbat, pre cooked food can remain warm until meal time. In the past, Sabbath observers will leave their heated food on a stove where it has been covered with a blech (sheet metal), or in an oven that has been cooked before the onset of the Sabbath. Contemporary consumers seek to use their kitchen ovens to keep food hot for Sabbath consumption, but it must be assured that in opening the door to taking food, there is no Sabbath law that will be inadvertently violated. An example of this is an oven that is programmed to remove power from their heating elements when the door is opened - the use of this oven will not be possible on the Sabbath without modification.
On weekday holidays (Yom Tov), food can be cooked, but lighting a fire is forbidden. On these feast days the needs of Sabbath-obeying domestic consumers may require that their ovens be heated for a 72-hour period for cooking during the festival. In the past, someone would only light a stove or oven before the festival started, and the heat was used for the next few days. However, in recent decades, tool manufacturers have implemented safety features that present a challenge to festival use. One of the most common challenges is automatic shutdown that automatically shuts down after a few hours.
In order for a tool to meet the religious requirements when Shabbat mode operates, automatic six or twelve hour shutdown must be overwritten, and all lights and screens (for example, lights that may be on when doors are opened) must be disabled. However, a number of manufacturers have not dealt with problems caused by heating elements and thermostats, which in some modes of sabbath continue to operate as normal, as opposed to normative halal opinions. In fact, some models do not even care about light problems.
In a recently-designed oven, Shabbat mode will often feature the ability to adjust oven temperature without feedback to the oven operator. According to the prevailing Orthodox opinion and the Conservative minority view, this is not relevant to Shabbat, but is useful on some holidays, when adjusting heat is allowed, but changing the digital readout on the control panel is not.
With some Shabbat mode ovens controlled using the keypad to adjust the temperature, there is a random delay that is triggered after the button is pressed before the temperature change occurs.
In June 2008, nine Haredi postcards signed a public statement (Kol Koreh) stating that it is prohibited to raise or lower temperatures by reprogramming Yom Tov using the Kosher Star-K Certification that approves the Shabbat Mode feature. The statement refers to a different opinion from Rabbi Moshe Heinemann (though without explicitly naming Rabbi Heinemann by name) as a minority opinion (Da'as Yachid) that should not be reliable. However, Rabbi Heinemann said that he kept his opinion that it was allowed.
Refrigerator
Shabbat fridge mode includes, at a minimum, the ability to disable all lights or other electrical activity occurs when the refrigerator door is opened. Some Shabbat cabinets include a timer for the compressor so that opening the door, which usually indirectly causes the compressor to light up as soon as the temperature rises, will have no direct effect on the electrical operation of the appliance.
Lamp
Shabbat lamps are special lights that have movable parts for exposing or blocking the light so that it can be turned "on" or "off" while the power remains on.
See also
- 39 activity categories are prohibited on Shabbat
- Blech - sheet metal used to cover stovetop on Shabbat
- Cholent - boiled stew often eaten for lunch at Shabbat
- Grama (halacha) - something caused by something else but the result is not guaranteed
- Elevator Shabbat - an elevator in automatic mode to allow the observer to stay away from the operation of the electric switch on Shabbat
References
External links
- Reference in KitchenAid 1994 marketing literature
- http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-cooking-SM.htm
- http://www.federation.org.uk/using-an-approved-sabbath-mode-on-shabbos/
- The patent of the early Sabbath mode: US Pat. 5808278, Chang Hwan Moon, Jonathan T. Smith, "Electronic tools and Sabbath modes" "
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