Montreal, Canada – Snow removal operations will be put on hold Friday night in parts of Outremont to respect Hasidic Jews recognizing the Sabbath.
The Jewish Sabbath runs from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday, and during that time, observant Jews are not allowed to perform any kind of work, including moving a car out of the way of snow plows.
As it has done for the past 20 years, snow crews will skip parts of Outremont on Friday and Saturday to accommodate the Hadisic residents, 25 per cent of Outremont’s population.
Snow removal will also cease in Plateau Mont-Royal for the weekend as a cost-cutting measure.
Meanwhile, 25 per cent of snow removal operations have been completed following Wednesday’s 28-centimentre dump, the City of Montreal confirmed Friday.
Some 3,000 employees are using 2200 pieces of equipment to clear streets in the city’s 19 boroughs.
City officials are urging Montrealers to use public transit and take advantage of the 6,200 spaces in public parking lots, available from 6 p.m. ot 7 a.m. throughout the duration of the snow removal process.
For more information on the snow removal process and a list of free parking lots, click HERE.
(Source: CTV Montreal)
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Don’t worry, the smart people say global warming is on the way and soon it won’t snow any more (and in New York we’ll even be able to grow Esrogim in our backyards).
Of course the government plans to cool things off, but we all know how effective that will be. Of course its the government that believes in “global warming” to begin with.
What about other Jews recognizing the Sabbath?
I don’t understand this? They may be respecting the Jews but what about all the other people who live there and disadvantaged because of uncleared streets. Goyim are not obligated to keep Shabbos; why give non-Jews who are bothered by this a rason to dislike Yidden?
#3, Why do you davka want yidden to suffer? If the city is nice enough to do us a favour, why do you complain? “No, please tow all our cars away and put them who knows where, so that after shabbos we all (25% of the population) will have to flood the police telephone exchange looking for them. Please, because we don’t have enough problems.” Just shut up and be grateful that for once someone is doing something nice for the yidden.