Health official meets with top ultra-Orthodox rabbi on synagogue closure

Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Itamar Grotto visits the Bnei Brak home of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky to consult with him on the proposed synagogue closure over the Yom Kippur holiday, the Ynet news site reports.

Kanievsky is a prominent leader of the Lithuanian (non-Hasidic) stream of ultra-Orthodoxy.

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