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NEWS
Labor Court Cancels Fine for Shabbos Desecration
by G. Kleiman
The National Labor Court reversed a ruling against the
Shomrat Tissman Furniture Company, which was convicted of
employing a Jewish worker on Shabbos.
A Labor Ministry inspector visited the store on Shabbos and
issued a report for employing a Jewish woman who admitted she
worked on Shabbos. The report was marked 6:30 p.m. and dated
May 2000. The labor court ruled that the claimant failed to
prove the time listed on the report was during "the Jewish
Shabbat" although it was within the time frame of "the
secular Shabbat" since it was before midnight of that date.
Based on this dubious argument the court reversed the
conviction and cancelled the fine of NIS 7,000 ($1,600).
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