Quebec Canada – A young Quebec hockey player has the next week to choose between his religion and his passion — hockey.
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Benjamin Rubin, 18, comes from a very religious Jewish Orthodox family and was given permission not to play a number of games during the Sabbath last year.
This year, the Montreal native was traded from the Quebec Remparts Major Junior team to the Gatineau Olympiques.
Many junior hockey games are played from sundown on Friday to Saturday night, the Sabbath, and the governor of the new team, who says he is satisfied by the forward’s level of play, is trying to make Rubin more of a full-time participant.
“No decision has been made one way or another, meetings are still taking place,” between the team, the boy and his family, Charles Henry said. [The StarPhoenix]
Rubins parents are not so frum. However Benji Rubin took upon himself to become shomer shabbat. This is a true kidduch HAshem. It is a shame ISrael does not have a hockey league, then he could move here like tamir goodman did when the NBA rejected him from Also being shomer shbbat.
this boy deserves all our PRAISE
HE IS A KIDDUSH HASHEM AS HE HAS LET PEOPLE KNOW ITS OPK TO RESPECT RELIGION
WAY TO GO AND YOULL SEE YOU WILL STILL PLAY
A HOCKEEY FAN WHO RESPECTS YOU
Mi Keamcha Yisrael