JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of students from the Amit high school in Modiin, Israel, participated in the First Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas. The team succeeded in reaching the final stage of the competition, only to discover that it was scheduled for Shabbos. Demonstrating their strong religious values, the team left a note on their stand explaining that they would not be participating further.
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“We come from a religious Jewish background and our faith is an integral part of who we are. Saturdays, Shabbat hold a special significance in the Jewish faith, its a time when we disconnect, focus on our spiritual wellbeing, our families, G-d and our communities. Because of this our team will not be present and competing in the remainder of the competition, we encourage you to visit our pit to learn more, we’s like to thank First for the opportunity to be here, we congratulate all our peer teams who made this event so inspiring for us, we wish all teams the very best of luck in the competition.”
A group of students from Amit Highschool in Modiin, Israel, participated in the First Robotics Championship in Huston.
They worked hard and managed to advance to the finals, that took place on Shabbos.
Instead of participating, they left a note by their stand
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ht @SivanRahav pic.twitter.com/QnNehKPJRa— Talking Torah (@Talking_Torah) April 23, 2023
The announcement was greeted with widespread applause and the chairman thanked the Israeli team “for reminding us of the importance of things outside robotics.”
This is not the first time that the Modiin team have attended an international competition and passed on the Shabbat activities. In 2019 they participated in a competition in Australia which ran from Thursday to Sunday and placed a sign on their booth stating that they would not be there on Shabbat.
Amazing