In article Charles writes:
$The other major stores in New York are open because most Jews are not
$of that Orthodox persuasion like most of those employed at B&H and
$Adorama. And no, they don't have enough employees who are not of that
$Orthodox persuasion to keep the stores open.

Actually, there's more (or less, depending on your point of view) to
it than that.

Different Jews have different views of what the rules are (just
as in other religions; I once dated a girl who claimed to be Catholic
but didn't feel that the Catholic prohibition of premarital sex applied
to her). Those towards the more Orthodox end of the scale, of course,
won't work on the Sabbath and on holidays. And if they're far enough
towards that end of the scale, they're also forbidden to cause work to
be done, even if they're not doing the work themselves. Some ultra-
Orthodox Jews won't even turn on a light or an appliance on the
Sabbath, for instance. And that extends to causing employees to
do work for them. Even if you have plenty of non-Jewish (or Jewish
but not Orthodox or observant) staff who could work without violating
their personal religious views, your store still has to be closed.
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