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NEWS
MK Gafni Prevents Bezeq from Carrying Out Large-Scale
Shabbos Desecration
By Betzalel Kahn
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni prevented Bezeq from carrying out a
project that would have required hundreds of employees,
including observant employees, to work on Shabbos. The order
to halt the work was given by Bezeq's new board chairman,
Atty. Dov Weissglass.
Prior to that, numerous religious employees contacted MK
Gafni to complain about the decision to perform electrical
work at one of the company's facilities and a professional
exercise at a backup facility in Jaffa.
The work was scheduled to take place on Friday, from 1:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and on Shabbos Kodesh from 8:00 am to
3:30 p.m. The company's observant employees were shocked by
the announcement.
Rabbi Gafni responded by contacting Weissglass, who
officially took over as Bezeq board chairman just last week
following a cooling off period since leaving the Prime
Minister's Office. He told the Bezeq chairman that not only
does the law prohibit performing work on Shabbos without a
special permit from the Work and Rest Hours Law Commissioner,
but a large public corporation like Bezeq should not even
consider carrying out a project that would force employees to
desecrate Shabbos openly — chilul Shabbos
befarhesiyo.
On his very first day as Bezeq board chairman, Atty.
Weissglass immediately ordered the project rescheduled for a
weekday.
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