"Disrespectful to the people of New York".
As the United States experiences a third wave of Covid and New York is once again particularly affected, State Governor Andrew Cuomo strongly condemned the holding of a huge Hasidic wedding in early November: "If all this is well confirmed, it is a blatant disregard of the law, he declared this Sunday.
It is illegal and also disrespectful to the people of New York.
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A huge mask-free hassidic wedding with thousands of guests was organized in New York by word-of-mouth alone, without any press or government officials finding out beforehand.
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- The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 22, 2020
Revealed by the New York Post, the affair of this secretly organized ceremony which brought together thousands of people in the Yetev Lev synagogue in Brooklyn is indeed causing a stir in the United States in recent days.
On images shot inside the temple, which has a capacity of 7,000 people, we see a crowded crowd and very little masked, if at all, attending the wedding of the grandson of a great New Rabbi. -Yorkis, says the daily.
10,000-person marriage banned in October
A spokesperson for the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, also said that the city was investigating this gathering, which the authorities obviously fear that it will become a giant cluster ... Already in October, the city had banned the holding of an Orthodox Jewish wedding which was to bring together nearly 10,000 people.
"If it turns out that because we previously banned a marriage, the reaction was:
Well, we'll keep it a secret
, that would be really shocking," said Andrew Cuomo.
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On the side of the religious authorities, in particular contacted by NBC, it is for the moment radio silence.
They have publicly opposed the restrictions linked to the coronavirus epidemic on several occasions.
Last month, protests erupted in Brooklyn, but also in other areas of the city, calling for a relaxation of the rules.
The Orthodox Jewish community considering itself stigmatized and prevented in its religious practice.
In New York, religious gatherings are authorized in places of worship but within the limit of 50% of the capacity of the temple, church or mosque.
Likewise, masks are also recommended and, failing this, the maintenance of a social distance between believers is also requested.
