"We did everything to save lives, despite Shabbat. People asked, 'Why are you here? There are no Jews here', but we are here because the Torah orders us to save lives… We are desecrating Shabbat with pride…"
— Sabbath

January 1, 1970

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Mati Goldstein commander of the Jewish ZAKA rescue-mission to 2010 Haiti earthquake, "ZAKA mission to Haiti 'proudly desecrating Shabbat'" by Amit Levy, Ynetnews.com, 17.01.10.