Israel Chief Rabbis Call On Chareidi Public To Get Vaccinated

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 12/21/20 | News Source: YNET News

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Sunday called on the ultra-Orthodox public to receive the coronavirus vaccine, while Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau was vaccinated at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

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Despite government efforts to reduce the growing infection rates in Haredi neighborhoods and localities, an alarming increase in infections among the ultra-Orthodox population was recently noted.

“We were told and we were blessed by the grace of God to be blessed and a vaccine was found that prevents the coronavirus infection,” wrote Rabbi Yosef in an Ultra-Orthodox publication on Sunday.

“All the necessary experiments were made and experts say that the vaccine is indeed helpful in stopping the pandemic while posing no danger.”

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