3 Responses

1. I can’t understand us Chareidim who will protest Chlull Shabbos of a few hundred at a parking lot. This Motzei Shabbos, Thousands of police, security, bus drivers taxis
   vendors, will all be Mechallel Shabbos, so that we can be from the asara rishonim in Meron

2. mfmf: Do you also protest the weekly chillul Shabbos of the police or is there something about La”G ba’Omer and Meiron that bothers you?

3. Shuali:
   What are you talking about, the normal day to day needs for police, army and other emergency service which doesn’t stop on Shabbos and to some extent* is not considered chillul Shabbos?

   Do you also tell doctors, first responders and other people who have to carry a cell on Shabbos that they can’t make havdola?

   Here we have a major amount of avoidable “vhillul Shabbos” and since it is genuinely avoidable (by pushing off the start of festivities) I venture to say that it does fall into the category of “real”/”full” chillul Shabbos and not that of operational needs (even though the facts on the ground make it real operational needs too).

   *operational needs are not, of course members of any of these services my still be mechallel Shabbos when they do things that are not needed immediately on Shabbos, however a God fearing Jew who learns the Halachos involved can definitely do shifts in said services on Shabbos in a way that he/she won’t be mechallel Shabbos.