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NEWS
Beitar Illit Gets First Shabbos Generator
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
For the first time since the city's founding 13 years ago, a
Shabbos generator went into operation in Beitar Illit some
weeks ago, providing an alternative energy source on
Shabbosos and chagim for those who avoid using
electricity generated by the Israel Electric Company through
chilul Shabbos.
The new generator is the first to adhere to the strictest
safety guidelines and standards. All electrical cables are
routed through underground tubes, contributing both to safety
and improved aesthetics. Though all of the work was performed
by certified electrical engineers, the cost for a connection
does not exceed that of other Shabbos generators around the
country.
An inauguration ceremony was held erev Shabbos Pinchos
and attended by moro de'asra HaRav Yaakov Tufik
Aviezri and Mayor Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus, who was given the
honor of setting the generator into operation. Other
participants included MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz, who was
spending Shabbos in Beitar to attend his grandson's Shabbos
Bar Mitzvah, Deputy Mayor Rabbi Meir Rubinstein, Deputy Mayor
Rabbi Yosef Sheetrit, City Council Member Rabbi Yitzchok
Ravitz and numerous residents who burst out in a round of,
"Yismechu Bemalechusechoh, Shomrei Shabbos."
At the beginning of the preceding week Rabbi Pindrus, along
with the generator operators, visited the home of HaRav Chaim
Kanievsky, who blessed them for success in all their
endeavors in the zchus of shemiras Shabbos
kehilchosoh.
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