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Dealerships are closed on Sundays here and it's a hardship for observant Jews, since we can't shop for cars on the Sabbath which means we have to take a day off work to do it. It's a pain in the butt.
Dealerships are closed on Sundays here and it's a hardship for observant Jews, since we can't shop for cars on the Sabbath which means we have to take a day off work to do it. It's a pain in the butt.
You have it fairly easy. You might have to take off a few days every 5 years to shop for a car but magine how hard it is for a Jewish car dealer. He can't work on the two biggest shopping days of the week... every week!
You have it fairly easy. You might have to take off a few days every 5 years to shop for a car but magine how hard it is for a Jewish car dealer. He can't work on the two biggest shopping days of the week... every week!
He can if he's not observant. Jewish people have lots of different ways of observing the Sabbath. My parents refuse to drive or turn on any appliances and they walk to temple. I'm not that strict but I do not conduct business on the Sabbath. I only buy something on that day if I really need it and since I plan ahead that hardly ever happens. I do window-shop on Saturdays but I don't buy anything. If I really like it I might go back and buy it on Sunday but that doesn't happen all that often.
As for Jewish car dealers...I've never met one in the USA! Plenty of observant Jewish doctors work on the Sabbath, but that is because they consider their profession (that preserves life) to be more important than their own personal observance of the Sabbath. And I get that.
Most people need financing to get a car. With banks, or their credit departments, closed on Sundays the dealer may not be able to complete and approve a transaction.
It's called 'Blue Laws' which have been ruled as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court numerous times due to secular reasons given (day of rest, family time, etc.).
Blue laws exist in many states in some ways, such as 12 states banning car sales on Sundays, to banning stores from being open on Thanksgiving and Christmas in 3 states, to banning of most shopping on Sundays in Bergen County, NJ, to banning stores being open before noon in North Dakota, to numerous states banning alcohol from being sold either all day Sunday or before noon Sunday.
Sunday closing exist in most of Europe for quality of life reason, not religious purposes as Christians are indeed allowed to work/shop on Sundays. Nearly all of America used to be shut down on Sundays decades ago but has changed unfortunately.
Some places vote thru referendum to pass, keep, or repeal any blue laws.
That "blue law" bit ain't right since some of us HAVE to work 6 days a week leaving just Sunday to do other things.
Some are uber-religious relics from the Puritan era (in very blue NE States). Has zero to do with controlling anything, as most of these are centuries old and based in religion
If it has "zero to do with controlling anything" then why do they prohibit business from opening on Sunday? Or prohibit a bar from opening within 250 feet of a church? etc., etc. Of course the purpose of Blue Laws is to control things, and always from a Christian perspective. Blue Laws are the result of mixing religion with government.
Dealerships are closed on Sundays here and it's a hardship for observant Jews, since we can't shop for cars on the Sabbath which means we have to take a day off work to do it. It's a pain in the butt.
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