Jerusalem Court Rules Har Homa Swimming Pool Can Open On Shabbat Without Ticket Sales Or Music

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Har Chomah country club and pool

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem District Court acceded to a petition by Deputy Mayor Yossi Havilio and some thousand residents of the Har Homa neighborhood in southern Jerusalem and ruled that the local swimming pool should be open on Shabbat, subject to a number of conditions.

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On Shabbat there will be no ticket sales with only subscription members allowed in. No music will be played in the pool and no swimming classes can take place on Shabbat.

The ruling, by judge Miri Ilani, states that the pool will be open in this framework for two years after which the issue will be addressed again.

Previously the local community center had refused to open the pool on Shabbat in the neighborhood, which has a religious majority but also a sizable secular community.

Havilio, a veteran champion of secular rights in Jerusalem, said that “the liberal community in Jerusalem will not lower its head and be the punching bag of the nationalist chareidi and chareidi groups.

“Those who wished to instigate Shabbat battles in Jerusalem found themselves on the losing side. We can learn from this not to give up and that wherever extremists are trying to take over, we need to gather together, fight and save Jerusalem.”


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Losing Side
Losing Side
1 year ago

Now everyone is on the losing side.

Zelig
Zelig
1 year ago

It is prohibited to use a pool on Shabbos (for those who don’t already know this)..

Alta Bubby
Alta Bubby
1 year ago

The absolute sheer hatred of Judaism these people exhibit, trying to tear anything down that is precious to someone who doesn’t think like you.
Shame on you.
You act like goyim
You are supposed to be an example.
Just watch
As the Arabs are becoming Dr’s, nurses, etc
They no longer appear dangerous.
They look like secular Jews.
They look good
They talk nicely
They have a great job
We are all people
Tremendous inter marriage on the way here, add to that all the non Hewish Russians, Ukrainians, and those Erhiopians that didn’t convert according to HALACHA.
too bad,
Ha Shem gave us such a beautiful Land, with rules to follow.
You can
BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO
THAT IS THE TRUTH
The immoral, unethical, will pay in the end for the terrible desire they have to destroy any sense or form of decency.
A girl can call herself a boy, identify as one, and get raped since she is biologically a girl.
Can’t fight it
Accept it
AND BE HAPPY WHO YOU ARE AS CREATED BY G-D
MAKE THE BEST OF IT