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Netanyahu speaks with Viznitz Rebbe after event shuttered over virus rules breach
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today with the Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, after an event he held for his followers was shut down by police last night due to it breaching coronavirus regulations, according to Hebrew media reports.
Netanyahu reportedly updated the rabbi on the state of the virus and asked him to instruct his students to follow the Health Ministry guidelines.
Hagar stressed that the ultra-Orthodox yeshivas are also “considered essential” and should not be targeted by unnecessary policing, the Walla news site reports.
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