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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 6:20 pm
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andyZRH
 
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how about the airport?
Originally Posted by mikebg
Firstly, re: is it 'being indignant' or a clear halachic question not to fly a Jewish airline which flies on Shabbat. It is a clear halachic rule, known as 'mesayeia', meaning 'assisting'. It is forbidden to assist another Jew in their business if that business violates cardinal principles of Jewish law. Once again, I must stress: You may not personally like that statement, but Jewish law is quite unequivocal about the matter.
But how about the airport? TLV is operating on Shabbat, right? Hence using TLV, which one could also consider a 'business', to fly somewhere on a different day of the week would violate the law you mentioned, isn't it?
Or is using the airport an entirely different story and I am missing something here?
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