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Electric Company Performs Work on Shabbos

By Betzalel Kahn

The Electric Company performed extensive work on Shabbos Kodesh at Hashiva Junction, blocking numerous roads to allow the technicians to carry out their task.

Deputy Minister of Welfare Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz said for years the Electric Company has been notorious for working on Shabbos, taking advantage of its monopoly to impose large- scale Shabbos desecration on the public. "Our answer to these chilulei Shabbos is to accelerate the process of ceasing the Electric Company's monopoly in Israel," he said. "The government must finally start preserving the Jewishness of the State of Israel and stop making the claim these acts of Shabbos desecration are pikuach nefesh."

MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni contacted the Prime Minister on Motzei Shabbos to remonstrate against the Shabbos desecration that took place, after a long hiatus from such occurrences. "This work could have been carried out on Friday rather than Shabbos and therefore I see this as a serious breach in the wall of Shabbos," he said.

 

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