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Top rabbi said to order yeshivas to reopen despite lockdown
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleProminent Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky has ordered ultra-Orthodox schools and yeshivas to open tomorrow, despite the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting them from opening, according to the Ynet news site.
He tells principals that while schools can reopen, it is preferable if they do so in coordination with local authorities.
Kanievsky, 92, is the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. He is currently ill, with COVID-19.
According to Channel 13 news, families in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit have been told schools will open tomorrow.
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