The three partners who own the Rothbang supermarket in Kfar
Sava sanctified Sheim Shomayim by observing the
sanctity of Shabbos before the eyes of dozens of local
residents and hundreds of customers.
On Shabbos Parshas Mishpotim a fire broke out at a
residential building on the corner of Rothschild and Ben-
Gurion. A fire truck arrived at the scene quickly and
proceeded to evacuate all of the residents from the building.
During the evacuation, the building's electrical current was
disconnected to safeguard the residents.
After the fire was extinguished, the residents returned to
their homes and turned on the electricity. But on the ground
floor of the building is an immense supermarket called
Rothbang, whose owners are shomrei Torah umitzvos from
Kfar Sava, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh. After the firemen put
out the fire, the electrical current to the supermarket
remained disconnected and the contents of all of the
refrigerators and freezers began to thaw.
The building residents notified one of the owners, who lives
nearby, but he said nothing could be done because of the
sanctity of Shabbos. Numerous residents were astounded by the
storeowner's steadfastness in fully observing kedushas
Shabbos, despite the large monetary losses that would be
incurred.
Sunday morning the products that had rotted in the
refrigerators were tossed into the garbage in view of
hundreds of customers and only in the afternoon was the
supermarket stocked with fresh goods.
Their actions were made widely known in Kfar Sava and by
fervently keeping the sanctity of Shabbos the owners
sanctified Sheim Shomayim.
