The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which annually sees Israeli life grind to a halt, begins in a nation already under a sweeping coronavirus lockdown.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wearing face masks, are reflected on a door window, as they pray ahead of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Sunday during a three-week nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020.
But this year all non-essential businesses have already been forced to close, and Israelis have been ordered to stay within 1,000 meters of their homes throughout the High Holidays, which began last week with the Jewish New Year and continue to mid-October.It’s the second nationwide lockdown since the pandemic began, an attempt to contain one of the most severe outbreaks in the world.
“They were all loved, all known, all had names and faces,” he said. “May we be forgiven for the sin of weakness and inability, for not doing enough, for not managing to save them. Because of that, lives were lost.” Netanyahu has also called for an end for public demonstrations against him, saying they are a public health risk. Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in recent months, calling on Netanyahu to resign while he is on trial for corruption charges and because of what they say is a failed response to the coronavirus crisis.With a divided parliament unable to pass legislation banning the demonstrations, Netanyahu last week threatened to impose a state of emergency.
David Stav, the chief rabbi of the city of Shoham and the head of Tzohar, an organization of rabbis that works to bridge gaps in Israeli Jewish society, supports the restrictions and wishes they were even tighter. But he says the closure of synagogues during Yom Kippur is still “very painful for most Israelis,” even those who don’t attend regularly.
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