Helicopter Ruins Shabbos, Haredim Say

Haredi MK complains police helicopter dispatched to curtail haredi rioting "destroyed the tranquility of the day."

Note Yeshiva World doesn't mention the reason for the helicopter's flight pattern – haredi rioting.

Police Chopper Disturbs Shabbos Tranquility in Yerushalayim
Yechiel Spira • Yeshiva World News

Shortly after shabbos, MK Eliezer Menachem Moses decided to contact Minister of Public Security Aharonovitch to share his feelings, to explain that a low-flying police chopper that hovered over the protest areas on shabbos was a significant disturbance of the holy day and he wished to express his disapproval over the chilul shabbos. Moses is a resident of the Shichun Chabad area, about a kilometer from the protest.

In his letter, the Yahadut HaTorah MK writes that a police chopper hovered over chareidi areas of the capital, flying very low, significantly disturbing the tranquility of the day, including tefillos in shuls as well as being offensive to the religious sensibilities of residents. Moses cited the public chilul shabbos by the police chopper is unacceptable.

“I request that the minister please address this issues cited in the letter with the upmost seriousness, and in the event the chopper’s activities were avoidable, to take the appropriate actions against those responsible for the brazen chilul shabbos”.

The reason for the helicopter's flight.

[Hat Tip: Joel Katz.]

Comments

[Yochanan Lavie]

Rioting doesn't destroy the tranquility of the day?

[Yochanan Lavie]

Yidskrieg Bop (apologies: The Ramones)

Oy vey, let's go 4x
They're davening in straight line they're stoning a police man
The Yids are losing their minds the Yidskrieg bop

They're chowing down Glatt meat they're generating body heat
Pulsating to the klezmer beat the Yidskrieg bop

Oy vey, let's go, shoo 'em out the back now. What they want, I don't know;
They're all frummed out and ready to go

They're foaming at the mouth line, they're screaming like they're outta mind,
The Yids are losing kindness, the Yidskrieg bop

They're piling rocks on Shabbat; they're acting like robots;
swarming like hell bats, the Yidskrieg bop

Oy vey, let's get 'em off our backs now.
What they want, I don't know they're all frummed out and ready to go

They're forming in a welfare line they're sponging off a tight wad
The Yids are losing their minds the yidskrieg bop

They're listening to the rabbis they're generating white lies
Demonstrating, so the 'copter flies, the Yidskrieg bop

Oy vey, let's go 4x

[Ben]

No rioting, no overhead choppers.

Does this guy have an elemetary reasoning abilities or all of them have been sacrifieced on the altar of supersticious mythology?

Here is a simple cause and effect sequence - - riot = overhead choppers. Stop rioting on Shabbat and there will not be any overhead police choppers on Shabbat.

[Isa]

Small riot= one overhead chopper going thump thump
larger riot = two overhead chopper going thump like crazy
Crazy riot= lots of choppers plus jets will buzz the neighborhood
mother of all riots=choppers will suspend 1000Watt speakers and play rap music

[mau]

Ben,
It is not that simple. Have you ever heard about 'hashgaha pratit'? The idea is that any phenomenon comes from god. So any cause and effect links are wrong unless
a) cause is a violation of whatever halacha, chumra or purse of a haredy rabby and
b) an effect benefits a haredy rabby.

If that helicopter would collapse down, that would be cause and effect. Otherwise it is quite unrelated shabbat disturbance.

[A. Nuran]

Thank you, Ben. If only we could find a big enough clue-by-four to imprint the idea into the rioters' heads.

[Ben]

Mau, now "everything is illuminated". Sorry I forgot about these fundamental truths.
The main action of course is happening in spiritual world to which we, the "simple Jews", are deaf and blind. Therefore only the rabbis can judge "true" essense of anything and everything.The wonderful haredi system allows rabbis to be always right even if all material evidence suggest that they are wrong.

I apologize and ready to kiss a hand of your rabbi for teaching you and consequently me this important lesson again and again and again and again....

[A. Nuran]

Haredi leaders: "We had to destroy this Shabbbos in order to save it."

Y'know, it didn't sound any better when Lt. Calley said the same thing...

[steve]

MORE CHILLUL HASHEM AS AN AUSTRALIAN FEMALE REPORTER IS ATTACKED IN JERUSALEM:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/06/2617502.htm

[Dr. Dave]

Y'know many a Hollywood celebrity suffered the same intrusive helicopter presence at their nuptials.

Police, paparazzi - who knew that chareidim suffered the same tzuris as Hollywood celebrities trying to get married secretly.

[MisterApikoros]

Hollywood celebrities need publicity to survive, just like plants need fertilizer to grow.

If some of that publicity is bad, or unwanted, tough.

[Hometown Postville]

So, would they find a way to silence a dog barking, a baby crying too? If they want such "peace", maybe they need to move to some deserted island or desert oasis.

[Ben]

No HP, they want everyone else to move to some deserted island.

Everybody else must become invisible, but make sure to provide complete support for all the needs of this violent parasitic group.

[WoolSilkCotton]

The only thing worse than bad or annoying publicity is no publicity.

[Hometown Postville]

Well said, Ben! But I vote for that group being the first colony on Mars!

[ML]

After 20 years they'd claim that they'd ALWAYS been on Mars.

[Hometown Postville]

ML- If that's what they want to say then so be it! As long as they had their little world up there and were no longer raising cain on earth!