Struggle: Urgent or not? Bezeq works on Saturday in Bnei Brak

The topic of desecration of the Sabbath has been debated quite recently, with the triggers for the project being the construction of a Jewish bridge, the topic of public transportation on Saturday in the center cities, as well as the works on the light rail in Bnei Brak. Last Friday - another war against the background of Bezeq's work

Railway work on Saturday (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Railway work on Saturday in Tel Aviv, November 2017 (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Last Friday, near the sunset, Bezeq began infrastructure work in downtown Bnei Brak. Residents crowded around the area and prevented the workers from doing the work, and the workers called police to make it a turn for the residents to clear the area and allow them to continue working.

The Bnei Brak municipality and Bezeq spokeswomen both responded to the story and their reactions indicate quite a bit about the big gaps in Israeli society. While Bezeq's response emphasizes the fact that this is a serious and critical injury, the municipality's response speaks to the sanctity of the Sabbath and the importance of maintaining it, even at the cost of the work stoppage.

In our house of Judaism there has always been a red sheet

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"This is a serious and complex damage to optical cable infrastructure that provides critical communications services, among other things to security agencies, and hence the importance of rapid repair," clarifies Bezeq. "There is a procedure in the municipality whereby on Saturday work is required to get explicit permission from the city's rabbis, and in an emergency you can also contact the Sabbath staff manned by the rabbi, who knows the rabbis' addresses and makes a decision on whether the case in question is a mental oversight that rejects Shabbat," they said at the same time. In the municipality of Bnei Brak.

To prevent further work, the mayor also arrived, Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein, who marched on the scene for half an hour and also argued with the police and the workers until the work was stopped.

Remember, the topic of desecration of the Sabbath has been debated quite a few times in recent times, when among the triggers are found the works for the construction of a Jewish bridge, the topic of public transport on Saturday in the center cities as well as the works on the light rail in Bnei Brak, so the mayor also went with his city to Fighting jobs.