A compromise has been reached regarding the daylight savings time issue. Shas had wanted to end daylight savings time three weeks early, or two days before Yom Kippur, in order to make the fast easier for the large majority of the population that fasts on that day. The idea was attacked, mostly from the left wing, as being costly to the economy and a manifestation of \"religious coercion.\" Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit therefore suggested a compromise wherein three days before Yom Kippur the clock would be set back an hour, then set it ahead once again after the fast, and back once more in October for the winter.
Rabbi Yitzchak Levy, Minister Without Portfolio (National Religious Party) has no use for this compromise: \"Zig-zag summer time is ridiculous, and contradicts all logic. The economy is not a puzzle that can be taken apart and put back together according to various needs and comforts of people and parties, and we must therefore decide to either shorten summer time or lengthen it.\" Rabbi Shabtai Sabato, on the other hand, dean of Yeshivat Netivot Yosef in Mitzpeh Yericho, said that most people in the country do not see this as a matter of religious coercion, and will be glad to have an easier fast. \"It will also help put Yom Kippur in the public consciousness,\" he said.
Rabbi Yitzchak Levy, Minister Without Portfolio (National Religious Party) has no use for this compromise: \"Zig-zag summer time is ridiculous, and contradicts all logic. The economy is not a puzzle that can be taken apart and put back together according to various needs and comforts of people and parties, and we must therefore decide to either shorten summer time or lengthen it.\" Rabbi Shabtai Sabato, on the other hand, dean of Yeshivat Netivot Yosef in Mitzpeh Yericho, said that most people in the country do not see this as a matter of religious coercion, and will be glad to have an easier fast. \"It will also help put Yom Kippur in the public consciousness,\" he said.