Comments on: Cabinet to Consider Sunday as the Day of Rest

By: jewishflorida

jewishflorida — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:02:41 +0000

Shabbos kodesh as the day of rest? Ha… yeah right. I’m more relaxed on a Sunday rather than shabbos meal preparation, walking to shul in the heat, and (believe it or not) too much napping and down time on shabbos afternoon. I actually enjoy Sundays. Nothing better than a relaxed Sunday morning kollel and cooked breakfast . I guess I’m following the goyim.

By: YITZCHOKY

YITZCHOKY — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:03:22 +0000

Friday and Shabbos kodesh is also a weekend. Who says we have to follow goyim. Soccer games early Friday morning sounds great

By: moeisrael

moeisrael — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:43:00 +0000

A full weekend off sounds nice. It would also lessen the pressure and need to be mechalel shabbos

By: LoftedNation

LoftedNation — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:24:23 +0000

First world problems.

By: Happy Olah

Happy Olah — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:35:01 +0000

I guess #1Gadolhadorah doesn’t have the smarts to be dan l’chaf zchus on the NRP that their mission is to see that chilonim aren’t mechalel shabbos. The NRP, unlike you and your ilk, looks beyond their personal selves to the nation of Israel as a whole.

By: rebbenachman

rebbenachman — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 04:11:17 +0000

This idea is beyond insane and self-destructive. If Satmar and Neturi Karta really want to see the medina fall, they should put all their resources into supporting this legislation.

Just one point – who is kidding who that they think Friday will become a regular full workday? At present, it’s barely even a half day. For the most part, the entire business world in Israel does not work at all on Fridays and now they’re going to jump from a “half-day” to a full day?

By: zionflag

zionflag — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:21:36 +0000

Having a Sunday off occasionally will increase shmiras Shabbos by giving families a day to shop, visit, enjoy leisure besides Shabbos kodesh.

By: pbalaw

pbalaw — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:43:35 +0000

I totally agree, if the non shomer shabbos had another day who knows how many would do less Chillul shabbos and maybe even become BT, if it saves ONE life it’s worth all the NIS (as if hashem can’t let us have it with one day less of work)

By: akuperma

akuperma — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:20:59 +0000

With a Saturday-Sunday weekend, that means companies will be able to demand a full day work on Friday, and get rid of frum workers who want to go home early on Erev Shabbos.

A Friday-Saturday weekend makes much more sense, but its too Jewish for a country such as Israel that is engaged on a war against Jews who insist on being Shomer Mitsvos.

By: Gadolhadorah

Gadolhadorah — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:56:34 +0000

I guess the NRP doesn’t have the smarts to know that the Ebeshter has already enacted legislation (aka toras moshe m’sinai) that Shabbos is yom menucha. It would be mindless and a huge drain on the economy to dictate a new paid vacation day for all workers in EY so that a small group of Sephardeshe soccer fanatics don’t sneak out of shul early to attend their home team’s games. Maybe they could get chacham Ovadia to issue a psak that Sephardim shouldn’t go to soccer games on Shabbos rather than enacting a new burden on employers that is estimate to cost hundreds of millions of NIS annually.