Yom Kippur passes peacefully as prayers held outside
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(Worthy News) – Israel spent the Yom Kippur fast day in lockdown due to the high number of patients.
People were asked to refrain from going to synagogue or to pray in open spaces in small groups of no more than 20 people and reports after the holiday revealed that the public largely adhered to those guidelines.
With the massive spike in COVID-19 infections in the ultra-Orthodox community, concerns were high that mass synagogue attendance over Yom Kippur would exacerbate the epidemic in that sector. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]
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