JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The second wave of coronavirus in Israel, which is slowly regressing, caused numerous infections in yeshivas. However there were a number of yeshivas, including the Jerusalem-based Chevron yeshiva and Or Yisrael in Petach Tikva, which maintained strict capsules, not allowing students to leave the yeshiva for any reason for long periods of time and requiring testing before they returned to the yeshiva. These yeshivas have continued their regimen during the winter zman (period) and at Chevron yeshiva, students cannot visit their homes for 50 days.
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Journalist Avishai Ben-Chaim captured parents celebrating their son’s birthday from outside the yeshiva, with the students joining in from the windows:
כמה זה חביב.
תלמידי ישיבת העילית "חברון" בירושלים חזרו ל''זמן חורף'' (זמן במשמעות סמסטר). בשל ימי הקורונה התנאי הוא סגירת הנערים והבחורים הצעירים ל50 ימי לימוד תורה רצופים. אין יוצא ואין בא. אם ההורים מתגעגעים אז הם יכולים לנופף לשלום מעבר לגדר.
היום יום הולדת לשמוליק… pic.twitter.com/GJbK3rTDAZ— AvishayBenHaim אבישי בן חיים (@AvishayBenHaim) November 7, 2020
Ben Chaim was impressed by the spectacle of boys willing to isolate themselves for 50 days from their families in order to study Torah.