Please, to all of you here who are arguing the minutee of whether or not using the phone to text could be allowed on Shabbos, you’re totally missing the point. Those young people who are doing this are our children, regardless of whether or not they attend the same yeshiva or wear the same type of attire as the little ones within your four walls. They are missing out on the uniqueness and beauty of Shabbos. Don’t look for halachic loopholes to justify their behavior. They need a warm Shabbos and a hug, not these types of arguments which is part of what’s turned them off in the first place! And it’s almost ironic that there’s a group called “Sabbath Manifesto” that seeks to have people turn off their devices and reconnect with other humans for whatever they consider a Sabbath to be.
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