A wedding took place in Israel in September that had far-reaching and devastating consequences, including three deaths, Channel 13 News reported this week.
About 100 people were present at the wedding and the majority of them were not wearing masks and social distancing regulations were violated.
A “superspreader” couple from central Israel, unaware that they were positive for the coronavirus, attended the wedding and unwittingly infected 43 others, with three becoming seriously ill and eventually succumbing to the virus.
The couple began to have symptoms of the coronavirus the day after the wedding but by then the damage had been done.
One of the guests who contracted the virus at the wedding was former Shin Bet deputy director Yitzchak Ilan, who passed away a month later at the age of 64.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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A mitzvah that comes with Aveirah
Yet…. You say something to someone not wearing a mask ,& they look at you like you are from Mars !!!!
These chilonim are reckless.
People who say others caused someone’s death by spreading the virus don’t have emunah in Hashem. A person dies because Hashem wants him too, whether from Corona, a car accident, peacefully in his own bed, old age etc. Hashem chooses the method how a person dies. If it is not destined for him to die, he can be exposed to Corona, be in an accident etc. and he won’t die.
FAKE NEWS!! You have no way of knowing where someone caught the virus. Stop spreading the lies of the media
To know that I have caused someone’s death, by not adhering to social distancing rules, is not something I would want to live with.
And there are those that say Corona virus is a hoax. I wonder what these people do when they have a heart attack. They go running to doctors and health professionals to get help. So why cant they listen to health professionals now who say that social distancing will help slow the spread until a vaccine is available? Why are they so uncaring about other people’s lives ?
Why doesn’t anyone get it? Why are these unsecured events taking place? If adults can’t be trusted to abide by regulations & basic common sense, this is the result. It’s an avoidable tragedy, and meanwhile, I don’t go anywhere unless it’s absolutely essential (dentist, grocery, that’s it!) I wear a mask, I keep well away from others as far as I can and I’m high risk. This will never go away unless there is 100% lockdown for weeks & the IDF patrols the streets.
But people continue to attend simachot in large numbers anyway, without masks, without distancing. Just lovely.
I love the way the Israelis have “figured it out”. An obvious opinion is presented as fact. We don’t “know” anything about how these people caught the virus, we just have possibilities, and if that’s the case, a “news” piece should not claim otherwise.
BS”D
Dr. Zelenko’s protocol, started within the first 6 days of symptoms, has close to 100% success rate in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high risk patients.
What does it tell you when a government won’t allow its use?
Nice to hear that there are stupid Jews outside Boro Park and Williamsburg. Not nice to hear they kill other Jews.
What is wrong with people? The wedding should not have taken place at all without precautions. Sadly, this is probably why numbers are spiking all over the world
ONE WEגDING AND THREE FUNERALS! THESE WEREN’T CHAREDIM – IF THEY WERE, THE MEDIA WOULD SAY SO IN BIG LETTERS.
MEANWHILE A FORMER SUPREME COURT JUDGE MARRIED OFF HIS SON WITH SEVENTY GUESTS IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. HE GOT AWAY WITH IT, BECAUSE HE CLAIMED HE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW!
Such nonsense, so disprovem scientifically but okay just spread the fear and lies!
I’m not even going to bother to cite the studies cause the Knuckleheads reading this believe all the media propaganda!
But anyone with brain working who reads science knows this is false.
Who says masks would have yielded a different result?
Att. Editor at YWN, You should be ashamed of yourself for publishing this media fake news propaganda story, Such utter nonsense disproven by science, and gaslighting all the crazies’ like Takamamash and Git Meshige, like they aren’t Meshiga enough the way it is now.
how in the world can they know how or from who they got it? there are dozens of ways and people? and this topic implies that YWN beieves that people were killed cuz people were wreckless and NOt from Yad Hashem?? Jewish site?
i mean the headline (one wedding results in levayos) , not the topic
the best remark on all of this is that HASHEM RUNS THE WORLD____
Funny how we are missing all the regular anti frum/anti chassidish commenters on this particular article because they can’t spew their regular plethora of hateful comments on how the frum are the only ones flouting the virus rules. To their consternation it seems like this was actually a chiloni or modern event as it seems from the fact that Yitzchak Ilan was in attendence. But don’t worry ya’ll maybe you’ll have another article to spew your hatred on in the near future.
Some comments have stated that since Hashem ultimately decides a person’s lifespan and health, the article should not accuse others of causing another’s death. These comments miss a crucial theological point. The fact that ultimately Hashem’s decides a person’s fate does not exempt a person from violation of causing the death of another or of himself. Hashem caused the decree of שעבוד מצרים to happen; yet, Pharaoh was still held responsible because he willfully subjugated, tortured and killed (or at least attempted to kill) many of the Jews. Negligence in taking necessary precautions to not harm another is a grave sin and should not be taken lightly or excused based on the principle of Hashem ultimately running the world. Otherwise, no one would be held accountable. This is a crucial concept in terms of responsibility of guarding one’s health and the health of others.