Upholding the Sabbath in Israel

Hon. Dalia Dorner handed down a Jewish-oriented Supreme Court ruling this morning, upholding the Sabbath as the Jewish State's day of rest.

Mar 23, 2003, 10:12 AM (GMT+2)

A Jewish-oriented Supreme Court decision was handed down this morning. Hon. Dalia Dorner ruled that the Jewish Sabbath is "in keeping with the values of the State of Israel" and that the ban on Sabbath work does not negate the Basic Law: Freedom of Employment. The Handyman Company had been fined 155,000 shekels for employing workers on Sabbath, and in turn sued the State against the Sabbath law. In rejecting the suit, Justice Dorner wrote, "The determination of the Sabbath as the Jews' day of rest embodies the values of the State as Jewish and democratic."