Looking at Sabbath Desecration
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Question
Hello, A person who sees Sabbath desecration - should they try not to look at it? Turn away? And if they see it, should they feel sorrow in their heart? Or is it forbidden to feel sorrow on the Sabbath?
Answer
Hello
There is no prohibition against looking at Sabbath desecration, but it is forbidden to derive pleasure from the desecration.
It is told about great individuals who avoided looking at Sabbath desecration in order not to dull their sense of distance and disgust for Sabbath desecration.
There is no obligation to feel sorrow when seeing Sabbath desecration, but someone who is on a high level of love for God will inevitably feel sorrow that God's will is being desecrated in the world.