From Litzman to vote against new regulations, citing synagogue closure
Former housing minister Yaakov Litzman, who quit the cabinet in protest of the government’s coronavirus policies, says he’ll vote against the new government regulations in the Knesset, since they enable the closure of synagogues.
Under the regulations, synagogues are permitted to remain open with restrictions on the Yom Kippur holiday, but not otherwise, and prayer is permitted outdoors in socially distanced groups of up to 20.
“Everyone should go to synagogue and fast, as it should be,” he says.
Litzman is the leader of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party.
