Say amen to the Jewish Watch

miriam

Sat, Aug 13 2005, 11:45 pm

News story from cnet.
Like most religions, Judaism has its time-honored traditions. If you need a little help remembering exactly what time those time-honored traditions should be honored, the Jewish Watch is here for you.
The Jewish Watch
Credit: JewishSoftware.com

The water-resistant gadget has the standard time-keeping features of today's digital watches, but it's set apart by a microchip, developed in Israel, that displays messages according to the Hebrew calendar and special Jewish occasions. The watch, can, for example, alert you when it's time to recite the shema (the universal Jewish affirmation of faith), or light candles to usher in the weekly Jewish sabbath. It can also give you a heads up when you need to supplement standard prayers with holiday additions.

The watch, which goes for around $90, can be set to display the Hebrew or Gregorian date. It can be programmed to synch with any location in the world, but it comes with seven preprogrammed cities: Jerusalem, London, Tel-Aviv, Paris, New York, Buenos Aires and Los Angeles.

chavamom

Tue, Aug 16 2005, 4:47 pm

My husband has a watch that has some sort of radio receiver so that it is always syncronized with the 'official' time. No need to worry if the clock is off by a minute or two and do you *really* have time to drive to shul, say shema, etc. I suspect he'd like such a gadget.