Editing Technology (section)

== The Rebbe's Approach ==
Unlike other movements, the Rebbe does not completely reject the use of technological products, and encourages their use for holiness and spreading the wellsprings. The Rebbe compares technology to gold, which can be used for good or the opposite, like the Children of Israel in the desert who once used it to make the Golden Calf - idol worship; and later elevated the gold to holiness when they built the Mishkan from it.

Beginning in 5749/1989, children's gatherings were held in 770 on Chanukah, broadcast via satellite to the entire world - which at that time was one of the most innovative technological developments. This broadcast was called "Satellite."

At the Satellite event in 5752/1991, the Rebbe said that all technology was created to increase the honor of Hashem: "Since 'everything that Hashem created in His world, He created only for His glory,' it is understood that this is also true regarding all scientific discoveries that have been innovated and revealed in recent years, '''whose purpose and goal''' is to add to the glory of Hashem, by utilizing them for matters of holiness, Torah and mitzvos."

The Rebbe also added that the advantage of technology is that through it: "All this is done in a way of 'publicizing the miracle' throughout the entire world, so that even the nations of the world see that through the actions of the Jewish people... light is added... throughout the entire world that reveals the glory of Hashem... through this '''the entire world becomes illuminated with true light...'''"

Nevertheless, the Rebbe completely rejects the use in Chabad of technologies that cannot be utilized for holiness. For example, having a television in the home.