Daily Halacha - Is it Permissible to Operate a Dishwasher Set to a Shabbat Timer?

Practical guidance on using appliances with timers on Shabbat, based on rulings from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

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Is it permissible to operate a clothes dryer before Shabbat and remove the clothes when it completes its cycle?

It appears permissible to operate a clothes dryer before Shabbat and remove the clothes when it completes its cycle, provided that the opening mechanism is mechanical without sensors [based on Yechaveh Da'at 3:18].

Is it permissible to operate a dishwasher set to a Shabbat timer?

Although there might be room to permit operating a dishwasher set to run with a Shabbat timer, according to halacha it is forbidden due to "ziluta d'Shabbat" (dishonoring Shabbat).

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