Alarm: Breaking Shabbat and Waking Children
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Question
I live in Jerusalem. Is it permissible to break Shabbat to reach a shelter during an alarm? And is it allowed not to wake the children at night when there is an alarm, relying on 'Shomer Petaim Hashem'?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
A. It is permissible to break Shabbat, but it is preferable to do so with a change as much as possible.
B. It is permissible to avoid waking children during an alarm, as it often causes fear, which is a more certain harm than the threat of missiles.
Attached is a bulletin with the instructions of our teacher, Rabbi shlita, on the laws of alarms.
Source
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita