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AriInMD
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A lot of people drive to my orthodox shul. Many of these people come to shul every week, and with the exception of a family shabbos meal friday night, this is the only shabbos-related thing they do. They go home and watch a football game on TV, or sometimes even go to a Jewish-owned treif deli.

While not frum, these are kind decent people with deep loyalty to the shul and klal yisrael. Many send their kids to Jewish schools, and a number of their kids grow up to be fully shomer shabbos. The rabbi obviously isn’t happy they drive on shabbos, but knows that if he discouraged it, they would break shabbos even more at home, and would become further distanced from yiddishkeit. This is a complex situation, and I encourage anyone making snarky comments about these Jews to actually make some effort to get to know them.