A motorist apprehended on Kvish 6 traveling 204 KPH (126 MPH) on erev Shabbos 7 Shevat 5773 explained to traffic police he simply wanted to get home in time for candle lighting.
The driver, a resident of southern Israel, was apprehended in the area of Nesharim driving a Volkswagen SUV. His license was suspended on the spot and he was taken into custody. The speed limit in the area he was apprehended is 110 KPH (65 MPH).
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Wow! A new definition of “chasid shoteh.”
If he would have CHV gotten into an accident, the family would nebach have been lighting different type of candles.
And who knows how many more families, chalilah!
I don’t know if that is possible to go so fast in an suv. Don’t they have speed limitations built in?
Is it just me or does this article seem to imply that you should feel sorry for the poor religous man who only wanted to get home in time for shabbos, therefore making it muttar to break all the rules PLEASE>>> Rules save lives.
A VW tourage is speed restricted at 130, at that point the fuel delivery system shuts down causing the car to slow down. Not to say the vehicle CAN’T do it especially on an open brand new roadway , but it’s just reckless. I wonder how this guy enjoyed Shabbos in jail?
Rushing on Erev Shabbos is actually legislated in Halacha. It comes up in Bava Kama in the context of who’s responsible for damages in a collision if one person is running and one is walking. On Erev Shabbos, people are expected to rush, so the runner isn’t considered in the wrong.
Then again, doubling the speed limit gets into pikuach nefesh issues, so it’s probably assur. In fact, merely going the speed limit is already much faster than any sort of “rushing” that the Gemara was referring to.
that style is meant only 4 the american bucherim “learning” in israel
No one should be on the road that close to Shabbos, at any speed.
#1. he wasn’t a chosid. he was a JEW!