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Ultra-Orthodox target supermarket chain open on Sabbath
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: David Weissman, AMPM 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for April 6, 2008.

The battle that pits Israel's ultra-Orthodox population against secular businesses has resumed.

This time, the battleground is AM:PM, a supermarket chain that is open 24 hours a day - including the Sabbath.
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Because of AM:PM's business hours, the Rabbinical Committee for the Sanctity of the Sabbath has called on Israel's ultra-Orthodox to avoid businesses owned by David Weissman, who owns both AM:PM and Shefa Shuk, the Haredi supermarket chain.

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