Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!glosser From: glosser@ut-ngp.UUCP (glosser) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Shabbos and holidays in space Message-ID: <1300@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 15:59:12 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1300 Posted: Sun Feb 10 15:59:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 02:21:09 EST Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 27 <> The following is according to the Jerusalem Post - International Edition for the week of August 26 - September 1. According to former chief rabbi, Shlomo Goren there is no Sabbath and holidays in space. This is because time is calculated on earth according to the sun and the moon, hence it can not have an effect on persons travelling in space. "The earthly days, nights and holidays simply do not exist for the traveller in space". This comment by Rabbi Goren was brought up because of Judith Resnick, the first woman Jewish astronaut. Also in the same article, the rabbi claimed that a similar question (vis a vis Sabbath and holidays in space) is one concerning Jewish travelers flying from San Francisco to Tokyo. If the passenger leaves San Francisco Friday afternoon and arrives in Tokyo Sunday morning, with Saturday disappearing because the international date line was crossed: "The person simply does not have a Sabbath to celebrate" according to Goren. Stuart Glosser {vortex ihnp4 gatech seismo!sally ctvax}!ngp!glosser glosser@ut-ngp.ARPA ecrt022@uta3081.BITNET