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Chief Rabbi Yosef allows yeshiva vacation

6 August 2014, 9:19 am Edit

After the ultra-Orthodox study halls cancelled the traditional summer break due to the fighting in Gaza, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef says that students can head home for vacation as long as the ceasefire holds, Haredi website Kikar Hashabbat reports.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, performing the ritual 'search for leavened bread' before the Passover holiday in 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90).
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, performing the ritual ‘search for leavened bread’ before the Passover holiday in 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90).

Still, Yosef rules, yeshiva students should refrain from taking trips for pleasure, and should spend the time at home and involved in learning.

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