Head of prominent Jerusalem heder tests positive for coronavirus

Rabbi Avraham Pinzel, the head of one of the largest heders in Jerusalem, has tested positive for the coronavirus, causing a large number of staff and students to enter quarantine.

According to ultra-Orthodox news sites, Chochmat Shlomo had remained open until last Wednesday at the orders of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most prominent rabbis in the Lithuanian Haredi community.

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