Q. Kvod Horav. We have in our family room a very large screen that serves as a virtual picture frame. It changes according to the times we program it, into different scenes, images and pictures of nature that we greatly enjoy. We also display family photos, portraits etc. Can you during the nine days, change the images into new ones?
I once asked my local Rabbi about it staying on during Shabbat and he permitted it, if the controls are covered and inaccessible. Does HoRav Shlomo Miller agree?
Thank you so much.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since the new picture displayed is only virtual and not real, it is not prohibited. However, to maintain and uphold the spirit of sobriety and sorrow that permeates and pervades during this period, it should better be left until after Tisha Beav,
The Rov also permits leaving on during Shabbos the picture displayed on the screen, if it does not change and stays the same during the complete Shabbos. He also maintains that the controls should be covered and inaccessible.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a
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