Ultra-Orthodox yeshiva stays open, ignoring Health Ministry’s guidelines

Despite the closure of education institutions, the ban on public gatherings of more than ten people and the instruction to maintain a distance of at least two meters from one another, footage from the Ponevezh ultra-Orthodox yeshiva in Bnei Brak shows that for at least some, it’s business as usual despite the coronavirus emergency measures.

Senior Haredi rabbi Chaim Kanievsky has been criticized for calling on the seminaries belonging to his Lithuanian sect to remain open despite the regulations announced by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, the head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, which also represents Kanievsky’s sect.

על אף הנחיות משרד הבריאות: מאות בחורים התקבצו ללימוד בהיכל ישיבת פוניבז' בבני ברק | צפו בתיעוד@AkivaWeisz pic.twitter.com/lbP850KJYS

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