SD I've never been that deep into it to know. All I know about strict Judaism I learned in 7th grade when I went to private school during a public school strike. During Passover it is ritual to sell the foods we are not allowed to eat to a Gentile, and buy it back 8 days later for the same price. I don't know anyone who has ever done this though. My parents would put the Hershey bars and Doritos on a shelf in the garage. It was not that high of a shelf though 
My grandparents were strict with a kosher diet on my Dad's side, but not my mom's. Growing up my parents kept two sets of dishes, one for milk, one for meat. At home I could not eat a cheesesteak, but it was OK at a restaurant [don't ask]. At 15 I was introduced to pepperoni by a little Shiksa I used to play doctor with. I stayed with her for awhile, but I married the pepperoni and we're still together!
My grandparents were strict with a kosher diet on my Dad's side, but not my mom's. Growing up my parents kept two sets of dishes, one for milk, one for meat. At home I could not eat a cheesesteak, but it was OK at a restaurant [don't ask]. At 15 I was introduced to pepperoni by a little Shiksa I used to play doctor with. I stayed with her for awhile, but I married the pepperoni and we're still together!
Oh, the lights. According to Jewish Law any room where a light or TV etc is on or off it must remain in that position. So your neighbor is not breaking any rules by leaving it on. If it's on when Shabbat begins he's supposed to leave it on. How that's interpreted when these laws were written before electricity I have no clue.
SmallDaddy, as mentioned in my post earlier in this thread, my own attempts to "reasonably" address the various hocus pocus obligations of the Shabbot Goy began in the fall of 1997 when SheBar first introduced me to her (only) three days per year she actively practices being an evil (to this innocent Texas Christian boy) Jewess.
If I had not learned to keep my mouth shut (yeah SURE, Bar!), I would not be oh so happily married to her today
So I flip the lights on and off, the stove on and off, the coffee maker on and off, the television on and off ( her using the Remote control to change channels and/or volume control is Okey Dokey), tear the toilet paper into easily handled portions, answer the phone (Texting NOT allowed, though I am pretty sure it's the same as using the TV remote, eh?)......
True Love conquers All!
Now this guy is really a mess:
http://www.aol.com/video/the-view-of-the-islam-on-other-religions/27299155/
http://www.aol.com/video/the-view-of-the-islam-on-other-religions/27299155/
