SUNDAY REST IN ISRAEL?

Prophetic Intelligence Briefings BY: Pastor Hal Mayer

Sunday Rest in Israel? · March 02, 2012

Israel is still debating making Sunday a national day of rest. A recent meeting of the Tzohar rabbinical organization held and extended forum on the subject to look at social and public angles of the proposal. The Rabbis will decide whether or not to support a new Sunday rest law. Among the focal points of the rabbinical discussion: “will the change reduce the desecration of the Sabbath? How will the move affect family unity? What will be the impact on income and the economy?”

The idea is also gaining traction in the Knesset. There has been a bill in progress in the Knesset which would make the change and a Knesset committee has been formed to explore the change.

Those who oppose the bill say that they already have Saturday as a day of rest for family, relaxation and recreation as well as” religious engagement, and that Sunday rest would damage the economy of Israel seriously, since that is the day many people shop. This is a poor time they say to tamper with the economy when the world is economically challenged.

Because of Muslim people living in Israel Friday is also a day off, mostly. Making Sunday a day of rest, would decrease the work week to four days, increasing the damage to the economy of Israel.

Making Sunday as a day of rest in Israel would certainly play into the hands of the Vatican whose papal ambition is for global Sunday rest laws.

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