Monica CellioMar 20, 2023

Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/287967

What is the status of my phone when using it as a siddur?

Occasionally, I find myself using my phone as a siddur (prayer book), particularly when davening (praying) at a Sephardi shul as an Ashkenazi. (They do...

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Plug: Judaism Codidact has a bunch of questions that I think are interesting and that lack answers. We're a small community trying to grow. If Q&A for the sake of heaven (we don't do p'sak), on a site founded to serve the community first and foremost, sounds interesting, I hope you'll give us a look! #Codidact is non-profit, open-source, and volunteer-run; this is one of the communities we host and it's very close to my heart.
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