The Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, weighed in this week on the controversy created after some professional soccer players and fans moved to end the decades long practice of playing league games on Shabbat. Under the Israel Working Hours and Rest Law, the Minister of Labor/Commerce needs to specifically permit employees to work on the Shabbat if there is a public need. Weinstein, in a letter to Culture Minister, Miri Regev, stated that it is not a simple thing to change the policy of non-enforcement of the Shabbat rest laws for professional games that has been in place for many years.
Rafi Goldmeier, in his Life In Israel Blog, pointed out the irony of the Attorney General stating that since a law has not been enforced for so long it should continue to remain unenforced. What are the odds that type of argument would work for you the next time you are in traffic court?
On the other hand, I can imagine that there are indeed some scenarios where a law has become so anachronistic that it would be absurd to resurrect and begin enforcing it now. List your examples in the comments below.
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