tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post4622821489086432685..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: no chilul shabbos on Lag bOmerRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-78168198740725840172017-05-15T11:12:25.812+03:002017-05-15T11:12:25.812+03:00this is actually a smart part of a bigger question...this is actually a smart part of a bigger question, namely running a state in 2017. <br /><br />on shabbat various government employees were called to their offices because of the computer virus going around. is this pikuach nefesh? if it isn't per se, does that mean that the state doesn't deal with this issue on shabbat? do we have to use some justification like "the virus could affect hospitals so we can also backup systems having nothing to with hospitals"?Ben Waxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798895161663664689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-47936804348573592142017-05-15T10:30:25.403+03:002017-05-15T10:30:25.403+03:00This is downright insensitive. Does it occur to hi...This is downright insensitive. Does it occur to him that the police may not *want* to violate Shabbat? Whenever a chardali soldier in the IDF has to do something on Shabbat he doesn't like holy h*** is raised. But it's perfectly OK for police who "aren't religious" for some shtuss minhag?Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.com