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Saturday, October 3, 2020
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Saturday, October 3, 2020
Police hand out fines at 2 Bnei Brak yeshivas for ‘prohibited gatherings’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say they handed out at fines at two yeshivas in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak for holding “prohibited gatherings” during the coronavirus lockdown.
At one yeshiva, the principal was hit with a NIS 5,000 fine. An unspecified number of people gathered there were also fined. Hebrew media reports name the facility as the prestigious Ponevezh Yeshiva.
Video shared on social media earlier this evening showed a few dozen people praying there.
שבוע טוב לכם מישיבת פוניבז' pic.twitter.com/bqmgA9M7l3
— ישראל פריי (@freyisrael1) October 3, 2020
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