The government approves a unified standard for restrictions on gatherings in public spaces, which takes effect on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The move comes after ultra-Orthodox ministers criticized the different treatment for synagogues and restaurants.
According to the new rules, gatherings in outdoor spaces are capped at 30 people.
In indoor spaces smaller than 80 square meters (860 square feet), gatherings are capped at ten people. In larger spaces, 20 people are allowed.
In any place that isn’t a house of worship or a restaurant, larger gatherings will be allowed as long as there is no more than one person per 7 square meters (75 square feet).
Those will be the rules for all public spaces that haven’t been forced to close down.
The new rules were approved by members of the so-called coronavirus cabinet ministerial panel, in a vote held by phone, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Health Ministry say in a joint statement.
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