Word: sabbaths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jewish students who observe religious laws forbidding the use of electricity during the Sabbath have expressed concern about having to use electronic keys...
...meet their concerns, the College this year adopted a new escort program, in which escorts would open doors for observant Jewish students during limited hours of the Sabbath...
Under the plan, observant students will use metal keys during the sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, to enter the alternate entrances...
Rabbi Sally Finestone, acting director of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, said all members of the class of 1997 were sent letters earlier this week asking them to contact Hillel if they cannot use the electronic card keys on the sabbath...
...plan is billed as a solution to the escort program offered to observant Jewish first-years this year, in which escorts would open doors for the students during limited hours of the sabbath, according to Finestone...