Kitchen Appliances Fit For Shabbas

A feature called "Shabbas mode'' is increasingly being embedded in ovens, stoves and refrigerators. It disables the automatic shut-offs, lights, fans, modern bells, whistles, icons and electronic displays that get in the way of the Shabbas prohibition on using electricity. In an oven, Shabbas mode's main function is to override the automatic shut-off, allowing it to be left on for more than 12 hours so food cooked before the Sabbath can be kept warm.

Star-K is the one working with all this companies, including Whirlpool Frigidaire, Kenmore, Viking, Wolf and General Electric for this project.

A senior project director for planning and research on this undertaking, estimates there are 529,000 Orthodox Jews in the United States. Because the average family has six or more children and they could all use it.