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From: rhendel@king.mcs.drexel.edu (Russell Hendel)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 20:03:31 -0400
Subject: Email and Faxes on Shabbat

In response to [Pickholtz, V 24 #08] who asks about the permissability
of say sending a fax after shabbath in one place that is received on
shabbath in another place:

Last year (1995) I was Visiting Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science
at the University of Louisville. The Marah DeAthrah of Louisville, Rabbi
Avrohom Litvin actually discussed this with me.

He pointed out that the electric current has to reformulate itself into
written words for both the Fax and Email.  Consequently the received Fax
and Email has the status of an egg that was born on Yom Tov (Nolad).

In particular all laws concerning reading it on or after shabbath have
the same status as the use of an egg that was "born" on shabbath.

I believe Rabbi LItvin may have quoted some other source which I
unfortunately now forget.

Russell Hendel, rhendel @ mcs . drexel . edu