Chief rabbis refuse to okay COVID-19 vaccinations on Shabbat — report

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein asked the chief rabbis to okay vaccinating people against the coronavirus on the Jewish rest day of Shabbat, since it would save lives, Channel 13 reports.

But Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef refused to approve that, the report says.

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