I am Esther's mother and I would like to thank you for your balanced words and for giving her the benefit of the doubt.
The fateful 4 words "I will do it" in answer to a question about working on shabbat, were the result of editing. Esther never said or meant that she would give up shabbat for the sake of appearing on a tv show. These words were extracted from a long conversation that Esther had about the laws of shabbat and the principles governing them and how she was planning to keep them while on the show. The producers then cut out these 4 words to create a more scandalous storyline. Careful viewers can actually see and hear that the words are edited; and I hoped that non careful viewers would have given Esther the benefit of the doubt...
Esther did remain and still remains "on the derekh".
I am Esther's mother and I would like to thank you for your balanced words and for giving her the benefit of the doubt.
The fateful 4 words "I will do it" in answer to a question about working on shabbat, were the result of editing. Esther never said or meant that she would give up shabbat for the sake of appearing on a tv show. These words were extracted from a long conversation that Esther had about the laws of shabbat and the principles governing them and how she was planning to keep them while on the show. The producers then cut out these 4 words to create a more scandalous storyline. Careful viewers can actually see and hear that the words are edited; and I hoped that non careful viewers would have given Esther the benefit of the doubt...
Esther did remain and still remains "on the derekh".