- 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
Israel i high-tech non-profit organisation specialising in IT equipment and electronic appliances designed to meetHalakha .The company
It was established in
Alon Shvut by RabbiYisrael Rozen , who also founded and headed the Administration ofConversion to Judaism of theChief 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 theBeit 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 otherJewish holiday s. 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] theIsrael 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 theIsrael 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 RabbiShlomo 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 RabbiYehoshua 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 ofpsak im (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]
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