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The ultra-Orthodox demand: Closure - in exchange for opening our educational institutions Israel today

2020-10-12T21:24:52.030Z


| Jewish NewsClarify to the government: We will agree to close the red cities only if Talmud Torah and Yeshivot are opened • Rabbi Kanievsky's family: his condition is normal Rabbi Kanievsky Photography:  Office of Rabbi Kanievsky The Corona Cabinet is expected to convene today to discuss the strategy to exit the quarantine, but an important issue related to the ultra-Orthodox sector is also expected to a


Clarify to the government: We will agree to close the red cities only if Talmud Torah and Yeshivot are opened • Rabbi Kanievsky's family: his condition is normal

  • Rabbi Kanievsky

    Photography: 

    Office of Rabbi Kanievsky

The Corona Cabinet is expected to convene today to discuss the strategy to exit the quarantine, but an important issue related to the ultra-Orthodox sector is also expected to arise - a deal that the ultra-Orthodox want to forge in dialogue with the government: agreeing to a closure on red ultra-Orthodox cities.

In fact, in recent days senior rabbis and rebbes have ordered their men to return to educational institutions yesterday, but on Sunday night talks began between government officials and ultra-Orthodox public leaders, Rabbis Kanievsky and Edelstein and also the senior rebbe, and at the last minute the rabbis agreed to postpone return to school tomorrow See what the government is formulating in today's debate. 



In a dialogue between the ultra-Orthodox and the government, the ultra-Orthodox say they will agree to the expected closure of the red cities, many of which are ultra-Orthodox cities, but demand the opening of Torah and yeshivot studies.

An ultra-Orthodox source involved in the incident told Israel Today: "It sounds like an ultimatum but it is not. This is a statement of intent that is not self-evident. There is broad agreement by all ultra-Orthodox rabbis and rebbe to agree to a closure on ultra-Orthodox cities, but the government will have to approve Returning studies in those cities in Talmud Torah and Yeshivot.

The Israeli public will benefit from this, the fear of infection from the ultra-Orthodox public will decrease because there will be a closure, and in addition they will receive the full cooperation of the ultra-Orthodox sector. "



Studies contrary to the guidelines

Meanwhile, contrary to the Corona directives and at the risk of life, the hyders (kindergartens) and Talmud HaTorah (elementary schools) were opened yesterday morning in the Hasidim in Betar Illit and Beit Shemesh. In Beit Shemesh, the police located five private areas where two kindergartens and three schools were operated. At the same time, a few days after the situation in Rabbi Kanievsky, the elder of the ultra-Orthodox generation, was published, his family published a picture of him studying at his desk. Of the 92-year-old rabbi, and the purpose of the photo was to prove that his condition was normal. 

Efrat Forsher participated in the preparation of the article

Source: israelhayom

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