Health Ministry Yuli Edelstein said on Wednesday that health regulations will be enforced on Purim in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
The government is formulating a plan, which reportedly will divide shuls into capsules of up to ten people, with a maximum number of 100 people allowed in each shul.
Parties, parades and other gatherings will be prohibited and Purim seudos will be allowed only at home with nuclear families. Yeshivos will be permitted to hold Purim mesibos in accordance with the capsule system.
“In order for Purim not to become the Tisha B’Av of infection, this year’s joy will be very limited,” Edelstein said. “No gatherings, no dancing, and no Purim masks – just the masks we’ve gotten used to.”
However, a final decision on the matter has yet to be reached.
“We’re very concerned, but we don’t have a plan yet,” said Edelstein. “There’s still time, we will assess the morbidity and will announce closer to Purim whether there will be restrictions and what they will be.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
Well, at least Edelstein is telling the truth “we don’t have a plan yet”. Why should we have a plan, Purim is two long weeks away? Why do Israeli politicians have such little respect for their citizens?
Let’s see how creative the Purim masks will be!
There are NO Seudos when Purim falls our erev shabbos. One eats a larger fleishig breakfast with Hamotzei
It’s good to keep the people ignorant of basic epidemiology so they believe these destructive measures are necessary.
BS”D
To Herschel,
The more citizens ignore the politicians’ covid edicts, the more the politicians will respect the citizens.