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Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - haikuman - 07-31-2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23494347
29 July 2013 Last updated at 14:03 GMT Share this pageEmailPrint
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Israel: Rabbi's ruling stirs 'kosher' smartphone debate
An Israeli rabbi's ruling on a lost smartphone has raised questions as to whether it's theft not to return it to its owner, it appears.
The controversy surrounds an incident in which a saleswoman in a bakery in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak refused to return a smartphone after it was lost, the Ynetnews website reports. It seems there was some debate as to whether she had broken the "thou shalt not steal" commandment, until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz ruled that cellular phones should not be considered property as they are "non-kosher".
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - decay - 07-31-2013
abandoning reason for superstition?
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - DeusxMac - 07-31-2013
decay wrote:
abandoning reason for superstition?
There's a lot of that going around. :nuts:
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - digby - 07-31-2013
So refreshing, after reading so amny stories about the Christian Fundie Right being irrational, to find out it's a universal problem.
Wait, does that mean we'll see a crazy religion story about Liberal Esperanto-Vegan Birkenstock Unitarians next?
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - SteveG - 07-31-2013
Despite the unchecked wikipedia entry ("He is one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world and one of the most important leaders of the Haredi world, together with Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner."), most Israeli commentators are divided between 1) "the guy is some kind of Ultra-Orthodox nutso" and 2) "who is this guy?"
There are any number of people like him running around Israel and are scorned by most of Judaism. (Nice try by the BBC to slander Jews, however).
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - SteveG - 07-31-2013
Please move this thread to the other side.
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - M A V I C - 07-31-2013
Steve G. wrote:
Please move this thread to the other side.
It's not political.
Re: Your iPhone has been declared Non-Kosher . . . - haikuman - 08-01-2013
M A V I C wrote:
[quote=Steve G.]
Please move this thread to the other side.
It's not political.
MAVIC nails it ~!~ Me thinks it's just humorous.
No harm no fowl *(:>*
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