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Wow, what a cool idea Zohar. Tehran really needs a day off too. Very nice pix :)

^^its not idea its a jewish holiday:D
kinda Jewish ramadan

^^its not idea its a jewish holiday:D
kinda Jewish ramadan

What happens if you wanted to be different & drive? :lol:

in secular places nothing

Oh so it's not banned to drive on that day right? Peaple choose not to?

its very very rare to see cars (during the whole day except ambulance and police u can see 5-10 cars)

There is no law banning that
(+arabs do drive)

poor israelis,they can't afford an oil bill

lol yeah

woah.. looks so peaceful... I wanna live a day without any cars...

Zohar, are city centers in Israel closed for traffic?

everything....

I wish we have days like days here in Washington D.C.

I did not get it's religious point??Driving car is sin in that day?

You're supposed not to work, and because in ancient times travelling was quite an effort, this has been adapted to modern times by prohibiting traffic even though driving a car is considerably easier.

so no one works in that day?

Jews don't.

^^almost no one works
(except arab villages)

what about shops?

^^nothing!

everything....

I meant are they closed always(city centres), like in Sweden, where city centres are closed for all vehicles except emergency and delivery,... not only for that day car-less day,..:)

^^just one day every year everything is closed!no cars,no shops nothing!

There is no city in Israel which city center's closed!
But Tel Aviv planning to do that...(u should pay smth like 12$ for entrance to city center)

but how is that possible? I mean no doctors, no ambulance, no police... and even no cooking which is a kind of work?:nuts: What do you eat, what happens if you get sick?

^^there is ambulance and police...
its a fast day...

"Yom Kippur" (the name of this holiday in hebrew) in Israel

Yom Kippur is a legal holiday in the modern state of Israel. There are no radio or television broadcasts, airports are shut down, there is no public transportation, and all shops and businesses are closed. In 2008, 63% percent of the Jewish people of Israel said that they were intending to fast on Yom Kippur. This may be the reason that it is very common in Israel to wish "Tsom Kal" (an easy fast) to everyone before Yom Kippur, even if you don't know whether they will fast or not.

It is considered "bad form" to eat in public on Yom Kippur or to drive a motor vehicle. There is no legal prohibition on driving or eating in public, and from the strict legal point of view any person has the right to do so — but in practice such actions are frowned upon. Allowance is made for ambulances and emergency vehicles, but there have been incidents where even they are not tolerated.

Over the last few decades, bicycle-riding on the empty streets has become a new “tradition” among secular Israeli youngsters, especially on the eve of Yom Kippur. In consequence, Yom Kippur is jocularly referred to as the “Festival of Bicycles.” Bicycle sales rise in the weeks before Yom Kippur, and companies have taken to advertising children’s bicycles as “Yom Kippur specials

^^Thanks... sounds very interesting actually.

one of the best for me!
the air is so clean!everyone is very relaxed!everyone says sorry to u

^^just one day every year everything is closed!no cars,no shops nothing!

There is no city in Israel which city center's closed!
But Tel Aviv planning to do that...(u should pay smth like 12$ for entrance to city center)

A good thing to do IMO,...

yep