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NO KISSING THE KOSEL: Coronavirus At Makom Ha’Mikdash: Public Is Asked To Refrain From Kissing The Kosel


The Rav of the Kosel, Harav Shmuel Rabinowitz, has instructed mispallelim to refrain from kissing the stones of the Kosel in light of the Health Ministry’s instructions regarding personal hygiene.

“Following consultation between the Rav of the Kosel, Harav Shmuel Rabinowitz and the Health Ministry, it was decided to ask the public to refrain from kissing the stones of the Kosel in order to maintain necessary hygiene,” a Western Wall Heritage Foundation spokesperson stated.

Meanwhile, mispallelim are continuing to arrive at the Kosel, with hundreds davening v’sakin on Monday morning in separate small groups. Dozens of bar mitzvahs were also celebrated at the Kosel on Monday, with a smaller amount of participants than usual.

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(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)



5 Responses

  1. Its amazing that in a time of crisis how such common sense actions require special consultations and guidance from the government. At some point, do we assume that all yidden are fools and need to have the government to tell them not to do something that obviously exposes themselves and others to risk.

  2. The distance between each individual at the Kosel is striking. Is this Hashem’s way of showing us that we have been distant from each other? That we have not been mindful of “Nosei B’ol Im Chaveiro” (sharing in the burden of our friend)? I left an apartment building earlier today where there was a gentile man standing outside. I made some comment about the current situation and he told me that people are not acting the way G-d wants them to act. People are being selfish, hoarding toilet paper, etc, only thinking about themselves.

    I agreed with him that this was not the correct attitude, and that people should be helping each other out now. (i wanted to make a Kiddush Hashem so I told him that I was at that building because I had just brought groceries to an elderly person who lived in the building.)

    So let’s take this opportunity to think of someone in our neighborhood who may need some extra help now, and call them and see what we can do for them. Even if they do not need anything now, the call itself will be a mitzvah. Perhaps this will bring down Hashem’s rachamim on all of us – Jew and gentile alike.

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