I don`t eat hametz, but I don`t understand what`s all the fuss about. Religious people know well, that there are many Israelis, who do eat hametz on Pesah, that hametz is available everywhere (it takes ten minutes to drive from Sheinkin st. in Tel Aviv to Yefet st. in Jaffo), and that laws would not make people of Israel closer to our tradition. I think it`s better to turn to the hearts of people. Prohibition by law would not work.
And in order to make people closer to our heritage, religious people should speak in one language with the secular, they should understand them and by no way should they alienate themselves from modernity.
I don`t think selling hametz is legal problem and that the state or Knesset of court should intervene. But the ultra-Orthodox schools, where kids learn nothing but Torah, are real problem for the state and for the ultra-Orthodox community. It`s a scandal that such schools are not only allowed, but even supported by the state. |
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