Israeli Hassidic Jews will have to forego their annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian town of Uman to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the town's mayor has said.
Every Rosh Hashanah, tens of thousands of Hassidic Jews flock to the town.
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"The common opinion is that the arrival of tens of thousands of Hassidic pilgrims to Uman to conduct the celebration in the traditional format is impossible," Uman Mayor Oleksander Tsebriy said on Facebook.
He cited the prevalence of the coronavirus in both Ukraine and Israel, and the difficulty of monitoring compliance with the required safety measures.
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