Jews and Daylight Saving - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:12:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Jews and Daylight Saving - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Jews say making daylight saving time permanent threatens morning prayer https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/03/31/jews-say-making-daylight-saving-time-permanent-threatens-morning-prayer/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:53:08 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=145496 American Jews say they were blindsided by the US Senate's lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it. The Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the Senate on March 15, will make it nearly impossible for Jews to pray communally in the morning, Jewish advocates say, and still Read more

Jews say making daylight saving time permanent threatens morning prayer... Read more]]> American Jews say they were blindsided by the US Senate's lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it.

The Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the Senate on March 15, will make it nearly impossible for Jews to pray communally in the morning, Jewish advocates say, and still get to work or school on time during the winter months.

According to Jewish law, morning prayers must take place after the sun rises. Daylight saving time, which currently begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, extends darkness on late-winter mornings.

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