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Sometimes while raeding eco-blogs, particularly discussions about going off the grid, I see someone chime in claiming that orthodox jews, they live off the grid once a week for shabbat. Which means either 1. there is a large subculture I am unaware of that turns ALL their lights off for shabbat (even the bathroom), eat cold food rather than leaving the oven or plata on, and unplug the fridge.* or 2. there are some serious misunderstandings about what it means to not use electricity and other utilities.
Anyway, I do want to go dark for a shabbat. I think dinner by shabbat candle-light must be doable, and might be quite fun, especially if a few of us got together and we had a bunch of candles burning. I also like the idea of feeling it slowly getting dark as shabbat ends. I could easily serve cold food, especially as it is getting warmer, but I'm not sure what to do about the fridge- there are ways to handle food safely without one but I'm not sure I have those skills.
Any ideas?
Anyone up for coming along on this adventure?
*jews are very good at using electricity on shabbat without touching a knob. my dad used to set his radio to come on for saturday morning car talk, and turn off when it was over. and i knew a family that rather than not watch TV on shabbat, used to leave it on (cartoon network) the entire 25 hours.
Anyway, I do want to go dark for a shabbat. I think dinner by shabbat candle-light must be doable, and might be quite fun, especially if a few of us got together and we had a bunch of candles burning. I also like the idea of feeling it slowly getting dark as shabbat ends. I could easily serve cold food, especially as it is getting warmer, but I'm not sure what to do about the fridge- there are ways to handle food safely without one but I'm not sure I have those skills.
Any ideas?
Anyone up for coming along on this adventure?
*jews are very good at using electricity on shabbat without touching a knob. my dad used to set his radio to come on for saturday morning car talk, and turn off when it was over. and i knew a family that rather than not watch TV on shabbat, used to leave it on (cartoon network) the entire 25 hours.