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Demonstration Against Shabbos Desecration in Ashdod

By B. Rabinowitz

On Shabbos parshas Vayechi, chareidi residents of Ashdod held a demonstration against the R. A. Shalit construction company, whose workers were blatantly involved in chillul Shabbos at a local building project. Members of the Ashdod community saw the workers excavating and pouring cement on the construction site in Area 7 of the city. A tractor even drove through the religious neighborhood several times.

A number of avreichim vehemently protested this blatant chillul Shabbos. At the demonstration, a construction worker threw cement at one of the rabbonim. The foreman called the police, who then ordered the workers to halt construction and the demonstrators to disband.

Community representatives filed a complaint with the Ashdod police, expressing outrage at such chillul Shabbos. The fact that the company is also working on a project for the chareidi public serves to exacerbate the problem. A request for comment from the company's manager was ignored. Community representatives have informed the R. A. Shalit company that they will spare no efforts to prevent further chillul Shabbos.


 

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