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Chabad rabbi calls to bar unvaccinated worshippers from synagogues

"Those who urge others not be vaccinated will answer for it on Judgment Day," writes Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda Yaroslavsky.

by  Mati Tuchfeld
Published on  02-17-2021 09:08
Last modified: 02-17-2021 09:08
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Senior Chabad Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda Yaroslavsky has issued a call to ban worshippers who have not been vaccinated against COVID from praying inside synagogues.

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In an open letter published Tuesday, Yaroslavsky wrote, "To protect your lives, only those who have been vaccinated or have proof that they have recovered [from COVID] should be allowed into synagogues."

Yaroslavsky spared no words for people who spread fake news about the virus.

"They are increasing bloodshed in Israel. They will have to answer for it on Judgment Day," he wrote.

"The need to be vaccinated is not a choice, it is an obligation according to the Torah, and must not be out-witted by various explanations that have no grounding in reality," Yaroslavsky exhorted the Chabad faithful.

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