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Fasting times, restrictions and what the prayers will look like: A guide to Yom Kippur in closure
The fast will enter around 6 p.m.
The synagogues will remain open and the prayers in them will be held under restrictions, Netanyahu called on the public to pray outside.
During Yom Kippur, heavy heat loads are expected to prevail across the country.
A guide for fasting and worshipers
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Dana Yarkatzi, Liran Levy and Tal Shalev
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 10:37
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In the video: The Slichot prayer at the Western Wall (Photo: mx1, Edited by Shaul Adam)
The Jewish citizens of Israel will today (Sunday) mark the beginning of Yom Kippur in a different way than usual, under the general closure and restrictions on synagogue activities imposed in order to curb the spread of the corona virus.
The fast will start shortly after 18:00 in the evening, depending on the area, and will end tomorrow around 19:15.
This is when heat loads are expected across the country.
As part of the restrictions on closure, minyans were allowed to be held in synagogues on Yom Kippur, according to the outline approved on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, depending on the size of the place.
This, provided that the synagogue is only one kilometer away from the place of residence.
Basically, the state encourages holding prayers in open spaces in permanent capsules of up to 20 people, with distance between the groups and physical marking, and an empty seat between people who do not live together.
Prayers in open spaces in Kfar Chabad, last Friday (Photo: Reuven Castro)
In enclosed spaces it will be possible to pray in regular groups of ten to 25 people.
In each building, nylon partitions should be placed between the enclosures, keeping distance between the groups, placing a sign with the number of worshipers allowed and keeping two chairs distance between people.
Approved occupancy for prayer in the building includes for the first two entrances up to 30 people, and for each additional entrance another 20 people.
In any case, the number of people shall not exceed the ratio of one person per 4 square meters of the area designated for prayer.
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Restrictions on general closure
Until October 11:
Exit limit of up to one kilometer from the place of residence
Prohibition on staying in another person's home
Prohibition on staying on the beaches, except for sports activities (including swimming)
Disabling all jobs, including markets, except for essential businesses
Gathering limit of up to 20 people in an open area and 10 in a closed building
Demonstrations and prayers for up to 20 participants in an open area, 1 km from the houses
Limiting the number of passengers in a vehicle to 3 people, not including people living together
Public transportation will operate on a limited basis
Closure of all sports except international games
However, due to the outbreak of the plague, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the worshipers not to come to the synagogues at the end of his remarks.
"I ask you, like the rabbis, as the Prime Minister of Israel who prays in the synagogue every Yom Kippur, do not go to synagogues this year. Pray outside, and you will be saved for your souls," Netanyahu clarified in a video he published.
President Reuven Rivlin called for a memorial candle to be lit in memory of the corona victims.
"God will remember, and the people of Israel will remember the souls of the citizens of Israel, who died this year due to the Corona virus. We will remember those pioneers and founders, Holocaust survivors, veteran immigrants, warriors and creators, Torah scholars and servants of God, Jews and Arabs, the elderly and young."
"Everyone is loved, everyone is clear, everyone has names and faces, lovers and loved ones. Fathers and sons, grandmothers and grandfathers, friends and acquaintances, neighbors and colleagues. An integral part of the fabric of our lives and forgive us - and Bsl so - the lives lost. Our Fathers, Mna epidemic Mnhltc, and give our leaders the Hbinh and Hch Lholicno Lslom, and Lhdricno Lslom, and Tnhigno Limim good, Lhiim, Lsmhh and Lslom. May it be your will, lord of the worlds, Stscn health, prosperity, and peace and brotherhood Bgbolno. "Let there be the souls of our brothers and sisters, the victims of the plague, bundled in the bundle of life, and it is said Amen," he concluded.
The Slichot event at the Western Wall, last night (Photo: Eitan Elhadz / TPS)
Fast entry and exit times
Tiberias
The beginning of the fast: 18:10
End of the fast: 19:15
Haifa
The beginning of the fast: 18:15
End of the fast: 19:17
Tel Aviv
The beginning of the fast: 18:22
End of the fast: 19:18
Jerusalem
The beginning of the fast: 18:05
End of the fast: 19:16
Beer Sheva
The beginning of the fast: 18:23
End of the fast: 19:17
Traffic restrictions remain in place, and within them an exit limit of up to one kilometer from the place of residence will apply.
Within the mileage limit, it will not be possible to stay in another person's home for a purpose that is not permitted (such as for the purpose of performing work or assisting a person with difficulty).
The number of passengers allowed in the vehicle is up to three people, excluding people living together, and one more passenger in each additional rear bench.
Also, a gathering of only up to 20 people will be allowed in open areas and up to ten in enclosed spaces.
However, it is possible to travel more than a kilometer from the place of residence for the purpose of reaching an employee or soldier to his place of work, obtaining medicines, food and essential products, assisting a person with difficulty or distress, medical, psychological and complementary medicine treatments (with only one patient).
It will also be allowed to go to the Knesset, for legal proceedings and blood donations, as well as for sports activities for individuals.
Open-air prayers in Kfar Chabad, Friday (Photo: Reuven Castro)
And what about the weather?
Also, more than exceed the 1,000-meter range for attending a funeral or alliance, baptizing women in a mikveh, praying on holy days, going out for vital care of an animal, transferring a minor between parents who do not live together, reaching an educational day where activities are allowed Welfare, departure of first-degree family members to commemorate the victims of the Yom Kippur War, and moving house.
Police will allow cycling on Yom Kippur, as it is defined as a sporting activity.
The number of police checkpoints on this day will be reduced, and instead they will be located near the settlements of the non-Jewish sector.
The weather today will be generally clear.
Temperatures are expected to rise, especially in the mountains and inland, and it will be warmer than usual there during the season.
Tomorrow there will be another slight rise in temperatures and there will be heaviness in the heat load, and it will even become warmer than usual until it rains in the mountains and inland, and steams in the coastal plain.
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