I've been doing business with B&H for many, may years and had little problems with them. Then awhile ago, here on UHH, there was a thread concerning B&H and problems that the initial poster was having with them. Up until then I still had no issues with B&H, however, I suddenly find myself quite upset with B&H. Lately they seem to close down an awful lot. I realize that their religion calls for a lot of various observations, but it's becoming increasingly hard for me to continue doing business with them when I can't order or it takes 10 or 12 days to deliver to Wisconsin from the east coast. B&H has a calendar posted with the days they will be closed this month and it's full of closed days. I'll have to take my business elsewhere. Any of you UHHers having the same reaction as me?

What makes you believe I don't understand Jewish tradition and religion?! I've seen Fiddler on the Roof several times. But Siriusly (woof, woof), I understand both the Christian and Jewish versions of Sabbath, and frankly lean more towards the Jewish practice. I was raised Roman Catholic, attended Catholic school for 12 years. The high school I graduated from taught religion. Not just Catholic but also the major branches of Judeo Christian faiths. That is when I learned the Sabbath is not meant to be a day of prayer, (if only the Mennonite/Amish people grasped education) it is meant to be a day of rest. I also understand what that means and I didn't even need to look at Wikipedia.

All of the 39 categories of forbidden acts pertain to biblical times but have been translated to fit into the modern world, but there are ways to circumvent this and by nature they pertain to acts performed by observant humans. Does the Torah really forbid the use of computers on the Sabbath? Computers didn't exist when the rules were written. But, computers run on electricity. Since placing an online order is akin to buying and selling, that also raises a problem. But, I don't remember anything about data.

Have you ever heard of disaster recovery facilities or alternate processing Sites? It's a place that leases time and services on their computers to do what another companies computers do when the other companies computers can't do what the company uses them to do. There is really nothing overly complicated to a online ordering system; it's simply a matter of having the necessary data in place to make the system work. When Sabbath comes around, as it does every Saturday, or a holy day, before the last person out the door hits the off switch, hit the transfer button (yes, I'm over simplifying the actual process) and while no faithful observer of tradition is involved, the online ordering goes on. When the time of rest or celebration is over, the data is transfered back to the home system and life goes on, technically no rules violated.

By the way, I no longer subscribe to the Roman Catholic way of doing things. Another thing I learned all those years ago is, Martin Luther was right...