Q&A: I Wasn’t Shocked by “Sabbath Desecration”!!!
I Wasn’t Shocked by "Sabbath Desecration" !!!
Question
Have a good week,
https://mobile.kikar.co.il/article/362777
I wasn’t shocked by the “desecration of the Sabbath”!!!
I was shocked by the murder!!!
Should I have been shocked by both, or only by one of them? If only by one, which one is preferable? And is there any connection to the Talmudic passage in Yoma 23a:
“The Rabbis taught: There was an incident involving two priests who were equal, and they were running and going up the ramp. One of them came within four cubits of the other. The other took a knife and thrust it into his heart. Rabbi Tzadok stood on the steps of the Hall and said: Our brothers, the house of Israel, listen! Behold it says (Deuteronomy 21:1), ‘If one slain is found in the land’—upon whom should we bring the heifer whose neck is broken, on the city or on the Temple courtyards? The whole people burst out crying. The boy’s father came and found him still convulsing. He said: May he be your atonement; my son is still convulsing, so the knife has not yet become impure—teaching you that the purity of vessels was harder for them to bear than bloodshed.”
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Best regards, Benjamin
Answer
This is just demagoguery. The residents were certainly shocked by the murder, but when it was followed by mass Sabbath desecration, that shocked them too.
That said, one could discuss what is so shocking about Sabbath desecration by people who, as is well known, do not keep the Sabbath anyway. Is it that it was done in their own neighborhood? If so, then there may be room for protest here, but not necessarily for shock.
Be that as it may, I don’t see anything here that is worth discussing, and certainly no connection to the Talmudic passage in Yoma. Especially since this “shock” is a quote the reporter chose from one or two residents, and I wouldn’t draw any conclusions from it.