United Hatzalah officials have met with the organization�s rabbonim, who decided that a Shabbos goy will man the emergency phone on Shabbos.
After touring the command center in Jerusalem and receiving a comprehensive explanation as to how calls are received and volunteers activated to respond, Rabbis Azriel Aurbach, Shriel Rosenberg and Aryeh Davir Shlita came to the decision that a goy can respond to the phone calls and in turn, dispatch volunteers.
Officials of United Hatzalah continue to pride themselves in the fact that the rabbonim set the organization�s policies vis-�-vis Shabbos, Yomtov and weekdays, and everything possible is done to minimize chilul Shabbos in all aspects of the organization�s operations. The new policy will begin on Shabbos Ki Savo. The nationwide number for Ichud (United) Hatzalah is 1221, the daily HaMevaser reports.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Not a good idea.
It is hurtful to tell any person, “God doesn’t want us to do work on the day that He rested, when he created the world; however, that only applies to me, but what You do on God’s day of rest, God doesn’t care”.
Oh ader get real u think the Russians in this country care why their doing the job as long as it pays their fine with it