Is there, by law, a day in the year in which there is a car driving prohibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel?

Question

Is there, by law, a day in the year in which there is a car driving prohibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel?

Answer 1

I don't have an answer to your specific question (sorry!) but I do recall reading about something related. It was a case of highly observant Jewish youths in a major Israeli city stoning an ambulance on the Sabbath for the reason that operation of motor vehicles violated the "law" setting aside the Sabbath for rest and prayer.



Hope you get a better answer soon.

Answer 2

The only day in Israel all kinds of transportation (excluding ambulances and bicycles) are prohibited is Yom Kippur, which takes place one week after the Jewish New year (Rosh-ha Shana, in autumn), this year Yom Kippur will start after the sunset on the 1st of October and will end on the 2nd in the evening. During all the rest of the year you can use your car without problems (I am not talking about public transportation). Although in religious settlements, as well as in religious neighbourhoods in Jerusalem and some other places using cars is prohibited on Jewish holidays and on Shabbat (from Friday evening till Saturday evening).So every weekend and holiday there are lots of cars on the roads and traffic jams on highways are quite a problem.

Answer 3

on Yom Kipur, nobody is allowed to drive anywhere in Israel, accept ambulance and emergency. everyone's fasting and it's a sad day, so nobody drives.

In Tel Aviv, sometimes on the weekends Friday-Saturday you can't drive on certain areas because religious people live there and it heart their feelings if they see someone drive during the Shabat. but in tel aviv almost no problem to drive, ever!! it's really crowded though, and everything is one-way street, it's not organized like NYC...

Answer 4

Soledad is almost right. Transportation is limited or prohibited in certain ereas on Yom Kipur, and in a few places in Saturdays. In 99% of Israel there aren't such problems.

Answer 5

There's probably not a LAW but as jews don;t "work" on sabbath or other holy days..; i.e,, passover, you probably wouldn't find people in TelAviv driving cars or operating any other sort of machinery on these days...

I live close to a synangogue and see all sort of people WALKING to temple on Saturdays...

Answer 6

NO--tourists are treated like royalty in Israel.