Desecration of Shabbat in preparations for the state ceremony in memory of IDF martyrs and victims of terrorism, which is being held at the Yad Labanim House in Jerusalem.<\/p>\r\n
Journalist Yedidia Meir publishes the story on his Facebook page:<\/p>\r\n
Shabbat at noon. A neighbor tells me that he saw trucks unloading equipment at the Yad Labanim house in Jerusalem. Tomorrow afternoon there is a big ceremony there in memory of the fallen of the wars and attacks, with the prime minister and other dignitaries, and they are already working there. It doesn't make sense to me. After all, Memorial Day, and therefore Independence Day, were postponed by a whole day so as not to desecrate Shabbat. The 5th of Iyar becomes the 1st of Iyar precisely to prevent such preparations for ceremonies during the holy day.<\/p>\r\n
I walk there and see workers unloading equipment and starting to take care of it. In the background, more and more vehicles arrive and give orders: "Bring me electricity," "Pick this up," "Bring ladders." I'm not the only one bothered by this. Almost everyone who passes by is delayed.<\/p>\r\n
One neighbor tells them, "Excuse me, tomorrow bereaved families will come to the ceremony, some of them observe Shabbat. They don't want you working here like this now. Think about the soldiers, their sons...".<\/p>\r\n
Another neighbor passing by, on his way to the evening prayer, says to them: "Excuse me, this is not just a religious matter. Shabbat is not your private day, in your own home you can do what you want, but here it is a state ceremony, what is going on here?".<\/p>\r\n
Meir talks about the feelings: A sour atmosphere in the air. Like, it's not pleasant, we're not the kind to shout "Shabbat," but we really can't understand why it has to be like this. The director of the entire operation approaches the gathering. I remember his full name. He claims to be from the Shin Bet, but the atmosphere is that of a private events company. He tries to explain that these are security considerations, and that they have to unload the mirror machines and magnometers right now, not on Friday afternoon or Saturday night, just a few more hours. He doesn't sound convincing, not even to himself, so he tries from another direction: "Look, we set up the tents here before Shabbat.".<\/p>\r\n
Yedidia Meir concludes the post: "I walk away thoughtfully, but his last sentence makes it clear to me that he is not really the bad guy in the story, he is a victim of the system: "Wait, what do you think? I want to work on Shabbat? I don't want to be home now? I have no choice.".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sabbath desecration in preparations for the state ceremony in memory of IDF martyrs and terror victims at the Yad Labanim home in Jerusalem \u2022 Journalist Yedidya Meir: "I saw workers taking down equipment and starting to take care of it"\"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[2739,2740,2738,405,968],"class_list":["post-14377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-24","tag-2739","tag-2740","tag-2738","tag-405","tag-968"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n