Re: Theremin (nokh a bisl tsulib dem theremin...)

[Seth Austen <seth...>]

on 11/5/00 3:18 AM, Ed Sieb at sieb (at) sympatico(dot)ca wrote:

> I'm not a Rabbi, but...
> I don't think playing a Theremin on Shabbat would be kosher.
> 

>> I wonder - since the theremin is not touched when you play it,
>> would the ultra-observant allow it to be played on Shabbat?
>> Given the sound of the theremin, I find the idea rather unnerving.
>> 

It has to be plugged in and turned on to operate, thus, it would have to
have been turned on beforehand. Besides that, in most hands, it has a
tendency to sound like a dybbuk (on a good day). I'm going to guess it ain't
kosher.

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