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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Reading nail polish reviews, a few on amazon have a lot that mention 'wudu friendly'. Upon googling, ads feature stuff like "Our luxurious nail lacquers are certified 100% breathable, water permeable... halal for a healthier, guilt-free experience for ALL women."
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I had no idea before this - it's important in Islam that cleansing before prayer include water that touches all parts of the hand, so Muslims came up with water-permeable nail polish so they could pray in the technically correct fashion. Technical religious inventions are my fav.
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AtaraxJim
@AtaraxJim
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@Aella_Girl
My grandmother, when she was young, lived for a time with an orthodox Jewish family. Over the sabbath, they felt they couldn’t eg use the electric lights or turn on the oven. So grandma would turn the lights or oven on/off at appropriate moments, and “they never told me to stop”
Helena
@cockamamied
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@Aella_Girl
The practical bases for the creation of religious laws are fascinating, even though I think still living by them when they're no longer necessary or useful is silly.
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@Joe51241327
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@Aella_Girl
Craziest example I've seen of this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbkvJ You're blocking a beam of light by moving the switch to control the light. On shabbat the beam only comes on at fixed times, so you're technically not using it when you move it but the beam is off.
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Ben Joeng
@iwsfutcmd
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@Aella_Girl
ooh man, you'd love shabbat scooters. just like a normal mobility scooter, but since Orthodox Jews can't turn on or off anything electronic on the sabbath, it has a special 'shabbat' mode. now, when you start it, it doesn't move immediately but waits for a random timing circuit
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