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| Jewish NewsContrary to Prof. Gamzo's statement that he will not allow the yeshivot to open for fear of the Koran continuing to spread, the president of the Council of Torah Scholars, Rabbi Edelstein, declared: "They are continuing." The "Tell the Truth" yeshiva in Bnei Brak in the shadow of the corona Photo:  Yossi Zeliger - Archive Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, president of the Council of Torah Scholars and...


Contrary to Prof. Gamzo's statement that he will not allow the yeshivot to open for fear of the Koran continuing to spread, the president of the Council of Torah Scholars, Rabbi Edelstein, declared: "They are continuing."

  • The "Tell the Truth" yeshiva in Bnei Brak in the shadow of the corona

    Photo: 

    Yossi Zeliger - Archive

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, president of the Council of Torah Scholars and one of the greatest of the ultra-Orthodox-Lithuanian generation, announced today (Wednesday) that the ultra-Orthodox yeshivot will all open this coming Sunday, as part of what is known as "Zaman Elul." According to the rabbi, "We were assisted by Dashmia, who at the beginning of the time of Elul now, all the yeshivas were arranged with the rules of caution. The yeshivas continue in full. Until now, there have been all kinds of difficulties."

The announcement is unusual, since at the beginning of the week, Corona commissioner Prof. Roni Gamzo told ultra-Orthodox reporters that he would not allow all the meetings to open, for fear of the virus spreading further.

“אני מבין שעולם הישיבות הוא הלב הפועם של המגזר החרדי. אבל אני צריך לשמור על הבריאות, והדבר האחרון שאני רוצה הוא שמוסדות החינוך יהוו מקור להדבקה”, אמר. לכן, אמר פרופ' גמזו, הוא מעדיף שלא ייפתחו ישיבות שבהן אין פנימיות.

לא ברור כיצד אמירות אלה מתיישבות עם הצהרתו של הרב אדלשטיין בדבר פתיחת כל הישיבות "בשלמות". בעבר פתחו החרדים ישיבות ומוסדות לימוד בניגוד להנחיות הקורונה, אך בחודשים האחרונים מאפשר התיאום בין מוסדות הממשלה לעולם החרדי פעילות מסודרת יותר ושמירה על ההנחיות.

Source: israelhayom

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