Unlike Breslav's followers, who are fighting for the right to come to Uman, Chabad has initiated a stricter outline for followers who want to reach New York • Only those who have developed immunity to the virus can visit

• 770. World Chabad Center

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  Itzik Roitman - Archive

The fear of Corona also reached Chabad: the severe morbidity figures in New York State and the proximity to the Tishrei holidays brought senior members of the Eshel organization, which is responsible for welcoming guests to the house and tomb of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in the Crown Heights neighborhood.

According to the outline agreed between the rabbis and the neighborhood doctors, any visitor who wants to come to the place will be required to bring a letter from a doctor confirming that he has already been in Corona and recovered or has undergone a serological test proving that there are antibodies to the virus.

As you may recall, Chabad Chassidism has been one of the biggest victims of the Corona plague in recent months. Many Chassidim have died and contracted the severe virus in Israel and around the world, and for the first time in history, the 770 Rebbe .

Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yaroslavsky, one of the most important Chabad rabbis in Israel and secretary of the Rabbinical Court of Chassidut, published a letter in June calling on him to report to law enforcement if and when he identifies abnormal behavior.

In a letter to the storks and the directors of the institutions, he wrote, "Regarding the loosening of protection against the corona virus and especially among students in educational institutions and worshipers. After he does not follow the instructions and regulations of the Ministry of Health, besides harming himself, he harms people around him."

He demanded that instructions be kept, and clarified "We were commanded in the Torah 'and you were very much saved for your souls' and despite the inconvenience and difficulty this is the only way this period can be passed in peace, without mercy and peace to harm and cause the plague to spread.

As pious Jews and devotees, we must adhere to the most severe instructions from all other circles. I will ask in every language of request not to let anyone around you violate these instructions, especially in places of gathering of many. For keeping the instructions. "