The New York Times conducted a review of the disease situation in Israel, citing the ruling given by Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein, rabbi of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood in Bnei Brak, and a member of the Council of Torah Scholars, regarding the vaccine against the corona virus.
“The ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, which was affected by the epidemic, was perceived as a population that might oppose vaccines. But it seems that these initial concerns have dissipated,” the article said.
Later in the article, the newspaper quoted Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein’s ruling on halakhah: The vaccine. “
As will be recalled, the great men of Israel in a sweeping and absolute manner ordered the public to be vaccinated against the corona virus. Among them: Maran Hacham Shalom Cohen, President of the Council of Sages of the Torah and Rosh Yeshivat Porat Yosef, who expressed his opinion that “the vaccine for the plague will save human lives, with God’s help “.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, Rabbi of the Torah, also ordered the vaccine to be taken and “not to be afraid.” Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, Rosh Yeshivat Ponivez, who even got vaccinated himself, also called on the public to call on the public. “Get out and get vaccinated as quickly as possible. “The rabbi could have received the vaccine at home, but the rabbi preferred to convey a clear message to the public to go out and get vaccinated, and he did so in public..
Gerach Kanievsky: Do not be afraid – get the vaccine against corona