Ivanka Trump and Husband Jared Kushner Get Rabbinic Permission to Drive on Sabbath After Inauguration

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Jan 20, 2017
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“I always shied away from it being a public conversation because it’s such a personal thing. We’re pretty observant, more than some, less than others. I just feel like it’s such an intimate thing for us. It’s been such a great life decision for me. I am very modern, but I’m also a very traditional person, and I think that’s an interesting juxtaposition in how I was raised as well.” – Ivanka Trump

(Washington, DC) — [Breaking Israel News] – Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, observant Jews, received special Rabbinic permission to travel in a car on the Sabbath in order to attend the inauguration of her father, President elect, Donald Trump on Friday afternoon. (Photo Credit: Ivanka Trump Facebook via Breaking Israel News)

Pikuach nefesh (saving a life) overrides almost every Jewish law. Driving a car is forbidden on the Sabbath by Jewish law and is only permitted in extreme or life threatening circumstances.

Mark Zell, the chairman of the Republican Party in Israel, said on a Kol Barama radio interview that the couple had received permission from a rabbi to attend since walking home from the event could create a situation that puts them at risk, though he could not give details.

“The family spokesperson simply told me they’ll be driving to some of the festivities after Shabbat begins,” Zell said in a telephone interview with Times of Israel.  

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