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Yossi Marcus

A Jewish man walks at the almost empty Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 27, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Don’t break quarantine in the name of Judaism

There is no basis in Judaism for saying: “I trust in God and therefore I can ignore medical advice.” To the contrary, the same God who tells us to fast on Yom Kippur or go to synagogue tells us that to protect our health, we are required to eat on Yom Kippur or stay away from the synagogue.

Yossi Marcus

March 30, 2020

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