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Hundreds attend rabbi's funeral despite coronavirus regulations
2020-03-29
[JPost] - ...The mass gathering was in direct violation of the Health Ministry directives, which forbids gatherings of more than 10 people, including prayers, weddings, and funerals, in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Related: Haredi cities lead in number of coronavirus patients in Israel

NYC Mayor to synagogues: Close for coronavirus or be shut down permanently

And you thought it's just Shiites!
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#16  ^ That'd be great... except I'd have to start drinking (love wine, hate hangovers) and writing poems.
Posted by: Pancho Thereque4050   2020-03-29 23:59  

#15  Heh. A less scrupulous person (there must be one somewhere) might be tempted to spin that into the Royal Warrant.

Wouldn't you rather be 'Burg's Li Po?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 14:04  

#14   our own limericist

Heh. A less scrupulous person (there must be one somewhere) might be tempted to spin that into the Royal Warrant.

Them newfangled ways when ya sicken?
Yer oils' an' yer leeches an' lickin'?
Well, look, I'm still kickin',
By g-m. Till I'm stricken,
I'm gonna keep shakin' this chicken!
Posted by: Pancho Thereque4050   2020-03-29 13:49  

#13  ZF is our own limericist, Zenobia Floger. For reasons of his own he just gets the Rantburg-assigned anonymous nym each time he posts.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-29 12:08  

#12  Got to go back and watch it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-29 10:34  

#11  Well, you gotta admit Besoeker, it could've been you.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 10:31  

#10  Ref #5: ????
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-29 10:28  

#9  Domo arigato for the links mods.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 10:24  

#8  So much for fines and prison.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-03-29 09:21  

#7  ZF????????
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 07:50  

#6  ^ ZF (the dumb one)
Posted by: Pancho Thereque4050   2020-03-29 07:16  

#5  ^Is that you, Besoeker?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 07:09  

#4  Last gasp for Kapparot, maybe?
Posted by: Pancho Thereque4050   2020-03-29 07:05  

#3  p.s. Their top rabi told them not to congregate.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 07:05  

#2  Since they tend to segregate themselves from the general population

They don't have separate public transportation, or separate hospitals with separate ICU.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-29 05:38  

#1  The police allegedly tried to reach an understanding with haredi leaders, but nothing came of it.

Since they tend to segregate themselves from the general population, perhaps the dangers were minimized. Israeli solutions for Israeli problems I always say.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-29 05:33  

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