JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Numerous regions in Bnei Brak, Beitar Illit and Beit Shemesh were forced to spend the entire Shabbos without electricity on one of the hottest days of the entire summer.
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A number of roads in Bnei Brak were left without electricity the entire day despite the rabbis of the city, Rabbi Shevach Rosenblatt and Rabbi Chaim Landa ruling that the electric company could continue fixing the faulty electric cables on Shabbos.
In the city of Beit Shemesh, residents of Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet suffered numerous blackouts this week as well as on Friday and on Shabbos spent the entire day without electricity. Similar problems occurred in the new area of Ramat Bet Shemesh Gimel, where hundreds of families were left for more than 30 hours without light, electrical appliances or AC. The temperatures during this period reached 34°C (93°F).
A resident of the neighborhood told B’Chadrei Charedim that “At 17:55 on Erev Shabbos we received notification from the electric company that the problem would be fixed by 8 PM. We were sure that they were working on the issue but since they knew that residents keeping Shabbos would not disturb them the entire Shabbos they took a break and only fixed the problem on Motzaei Shabbos.
“At the beginning of Shabbos residents were sure that they would come home from shul and find light but for 30 hours we had no light, no AC, no Shabbos plate and no refrigerator. All the Shabbos food went off and in the morning we had challah with salads, all the meat in the refrigerator went off and there was no possibility of a solution because there was no electricity for anyone. We felt that the electric company treated us with contempt because they realized they could get away with it.
Beit Shemesh residents didn’t know who to be mad at, the contractor who cut an electric wire near the neighborhood or the electric company which didn’t fix the problem in time.
In Beitar Illit there were also electric cuts during Shabbos with entire neighborhoods left without electricity.
So what did the Jews use to cool down in in exodus. During the movement in the sinai? Didn’t the survived?
If multiple orthodox Jewish communities outside of EY had their electricity cut off for some 30 hours starting history before shabbos wouldn’t there be an investigation?
Absolutely horrible!! I can’t imagine the difficulties and suffering. Every employee should be fired.
We all should be dun lkav zchus.
Oy the zionists can’t get basic functions done
This happens all over Israel, nearly every Shabbat, it’s just that people in these neighborhoods complain more and proclaim it’s all religious bias. The fact is the electric company has been dysfunctional all year for everyone – even in Tel Aviv. It’s ridiculous and unfair but the fact is on Shabbat more people are leaving their ACs on and more people are home from work, adding more stress to the grid that they can’t support.
VIN needs to bring back up or down votes. Why was it removed? Very bad decision. People should be allowed to show their approval or displeasure on a comment. Dumb move!!
Also, no editing comments anymore?? To correct spelling, grammar or other mistakes, or add something?? How ridiculous!!!
But wouldn’t there be חילול שבת involved if the Electric Company worked on Shabbos to fix the issue?
Wait, these are Zionist. BH they had a full Shabbos without the need of a Zionist
It was shabbos. A yid can’t work on shabbos. In America the workers are gentiles.