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Daylight Savings Time in Israel Should Not be a Political Decision

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Dina Moskowitz
8 years ago

Love DST, but the proposal in this petition makes perfect sense!

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מיקל ליפקין
8 years ago

Actually in recent years it's been static and working well. Before that it was all over the place depending on which government was in power. Get me a petition to eliminate DST altogether and I'll sign.

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Larry Brandt
8 years ago

Agree, though let's be honest, sunrise and sunset are not affected by daylight savings! There is no reason not to wake up an hour later on Yom Kippur and start the tefillot an hour later, and I believe that this should be the direction that congregations take.

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

This would enable the large majority of citizens who celebrate Pesach, to have their children awake and involved in the seder. This is NOT only for the religious, but for the majority of Israeli citizens, including secular people, most of whom DO have a seder as well as children!

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Jason Aronson
8 years ago

Agreed

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Ira L. Jacobson
8 years ago

Making this change will make it possible for millions of children in Israel to stay awake for the Pessah seder.

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Ira L. Jacobson
8 years ago

Making this change will make it possible for millions of children in Israel to stay awake for the Pessah seder.

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Suzanne Pomeranz
8 years ago

I signed the petition, but why does it say I am in Tel Aviv, when I am in Jerusalem?????????

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Suzanne Pomeranz
8 years ago

I don't think we should have it at all!

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Yes! After Pesach, before Yom Kippur!!

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Ryan Stein
8 years ago

Good on you! I hate DST

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Sara Kowal
8 years ago

Absolutely!

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אסתר
8 years ago Featured

ממש מקשה. אני גם זוכרת שזה היה כל כך יפה להתחיל את הסדר מוקדם ולצום מוקדם. כל כך לא מתחשב.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

I definitely agree!!!

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Miriam Goodman
8 years ago Featured

Changing the clock before Pesach and after Yom Kippur causes hardships. Why can't we have standard time year round. We are a Jewish country, the clock has to fit our needs.

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Shifra
8 years ago

(Or even end it altogether)

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

PLEASE change the times as those mentioned! It is so difficult with small children to finish the Seder late at night!! And fasting that extra daylight on Yom Kippur is extremely difficult!!

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Wendy Derovan
8 years ago Featured

Ridiculous to institute this at all in our sunny country, but it's definitely wrong to change it before the Seder and Yom Kippur!!

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Rachel Anolick
8 years ago

DST should be gotten rid of entirely!! It is stupid and pointless, and any parent knows that it messes up kids' internal clocks for a week. If there was any good reason for it to still exist, then I could put up with it, but there isn't.

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Penina Taylor
8 years ago

It does not make any sense to add an extra hour of daylight during the time of year that we naturally have more daylight. Get rid of DST and make things more normalized.