Tehran Chief Rabbi Yehuda Grami publicized a ruling to the Jewish communities in Iran not to fast on Taanis Esther due to danger to life.
The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is the deadliest outside China and because fasting causes weakness and can lower the immune system, Rav Grami made a decision to forbid fasting on the upcoming fast day.
The death toll in Iran’s outbreak rose by 17 on Friday to a total of 124.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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If Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir had chosen to withdraw the election the right-wing bloc would have received an additional Knesset seat, Ynet reported Friday morning.
If the votes Otzma Yehudit received had been split between the Likud and Yamina parties, Likud would have received 37 Knesset seats, raising the right-wing bloc’s total to 59 seats. The Blue and White party would have fallen to 32 seats.
It was also said that even if Shas and United Torah Judaism together received at least 5,200 votes from the votes given to Otzma Yehudit, they would have taken a seat from Blue and White and also raised the right-wing bloc’s total to 59.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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The Rabbi of Young Israel in New Rochelle — the shul at the center of a Westchester County outbreak — has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a tweet early Friday by Yeshiva University.
Rabbi Reuven Fink teaches two undergraduate classes at the university’s Washington Heights campus, and has been in self-quarantine after being in contact with a congregant who had previously tested positive, the tweet said.
“We have reached out to his students and recommended as a precautionary measure to self-quarantine until further notice,” read the tweet, which was signed by the university president, Dr. Ari Berman.
Read more at NY POST.
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