Zomet Institute

The Zomet Institute ( _he. מכון צומת, "Makhon Tzomet", Tzomet being an acronym for "Tzevtei Mada veTorah" ( _he. צוותי מדע ותורה), lit. "Teams of Science and Torah") is an Israeli high-tech non-profit organisation specialising in IT equipment and electronic appliances designed to meet Halakha.

The company

It was established in Alon Shvut by Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, who also founded and headed the Administration of Conversion to Judaism of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. [ [http://www.gov.il/FirstGov/TopNavEng/EngSituations/ESConversion/ESCCeremony/ Guide for conversion to Judaism] Israeli Government Portal] Today he serves as a "Dayan" - Rabbinic Judge on the Beit Din for Conversion. [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3066306,00.html The High Court has gone crazy] , Ynetnews, 31 March 2005]

The company has developed solutions for operating electrical appliances on the Shabbat and other Jewish holidays. Appliances made by the institute are used in Jewish observant homes, [ [http://myamigo.com/docs/common/saginaw.pdf Bridgeport Scooter Business Motors Into Unorthodox Market] The Saginaw news, 21 July 2005] [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/936908.html How to be religious - and enjoy a Shabbat espresso] Haaretz, 12 December 2007 ] as well as in public organizations such as hospitals, [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498769075&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter A new use for old texts] The Jerusalem Post, 30 March 2006] the Israel Police [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1195008691.html?dids=1195008691:1195008691&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+11%2C+2007&author=MATTHEW+WAGNER&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=06&desc=Haredi+prisoner+chooses+jail+over+security+bracelet.+Rabbis+disagree+on+whether+hi-tech+ankle+monitor+breaches+Shabbathi-tech Haredi prisoner chooses jail over security bracelet] The Jerusalem Post, 11 January 2007] and the Israel Defense Forces. [ [http://dover.idf.il/IDF/News_Channels/today/2007/03/1802.htm מרכז חושן מציג: שבת-פון] IDF spokesperson website he icon] [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3389181,00.html Military mouse keeps Shabbat] Ynetnews, 21 April 2007] .

Although the Zomet Institute is affiliated with Modern Orthodox Judaism, [ [http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArtElection.jhtml?itemNo=250083&contrassID=28&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 NRP using state-funded newsletter for electioneering] Haaretz, 2003] Rozen often consults and gets halakhic approval for his rulings by other rabbis such as the late Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach [ [http://www.nds.com/z/chidusheitorah/pdf/2006/english/metal_detectors_on_shabbat.pdf The Use of Body Metal Detectors on Shabbat] Chidushei Torah 2007] [ [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/11/ART1/634/320.html ואף על פי כן - נוע תנוע] Maariv, 9 September 2007 He icon] and Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth. [ [http://hazofe.co.il/web/katava6.asp?Modul=24&id=34907&Word=&gilayon=2431&mador= הרב בקשי דורון: תורת ישראל "תרוויח" מנישואין אזרחיים] HaTzofe, 2006 He icon]

Publications

*"Tehumin" - an annual compilation of psakim (religious rulings dealing with modern Jewish life, technology and law). Published Since 1980 (5740) [ [http://library.ohio-state.edu/search?/Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7/Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7&SUBKEY=tehumin/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7&1%2C1%2C# Tehumin] Ohio State University Library catalog] .
*"Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World" - An English translation of Selected articles from "Tehumin" [Friedman, H.H. (2001) [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/economic/friedman/impactjewish.htm The Impact of Jewish Values on Marketing and Business Practices] Journal of Macromarketing, Vol. 21, June 2001, pp 74-80] .
*"Shabbat B'Shabbato" - A weekly leaflet in Hebrew distributed for the past two decades in synagogues across Israel [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=844994%20&contrassID=2&subContrassID=15&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y Who says print journalism is dying?] Haaretz, 2007 ] . "Shabbat B'Shabbato" is also translated into English.

References

External links

* [http://www.zomet.org.il/ Official website] he icon
* [http://www.ojotc.org/id15.html Bringing “Oneg Shabbat” to People With Disabilities, Noah D. Gurock, Orthodox Jewish Occupational Therapy Chavrusa]
* [http://news.soft32.com/gadgets-help-jews-stay-observant-in-modern-world_2824.html Gadgets help Jews stay observant in modern world, Adrian Flucuş, Soft32.com]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/business/worldbusiness/02kosher.html Entrepreneurs Find Ways to Make Technology Work With Jewish Sabbath , New York Times]

* [http://www.moreshet.co.il/web//alonparash/alon.asp?codeClient=632 Shabbat B'Shabbato in English]