JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli police have been extremely diligent in closing and dispersing illegal gatherings including weddings with more than 20 people present. In most cases, the organizers of the gathering received a stiff fine from police. However at a large wedding for the grandson of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak rebbe which took place in Beitar Illit this week, policemen inexplicably allowed the wedding to continue for hours before closing it down, prompting serious questions over police motives.
Join our WhatsApp groupSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email
The wedding, with hundreds of Chasidim in attendance, took place in the afternoon hours. Police arrived but could not enter the building and left shortly afterwards. They returned later with senior police officers and tried unsuccessfully mediating with organizers of the wedding. Some of the policemen tried talking with the Admor but did not succeed in stopping the proceedings and some asked him to bless them. At the end of the event police removed amplification equipment but did not fine the organizers.
After complaints were made about police allowing a large wedding to continue in a city which has the highest rate of COVID-19 positive cases in Israel (26%), Acting Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai decided to suspend the officers who were at the wedding until the matter has been investigated.
what a difference in reporting
another site’s tittle is “Police Raid Two Huge Weddings In Beitar, Bnei Brak Amid Soaring Virus Rates”
and opens with “Riots ensued in Beitar Illit,”
Ah broch!
the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe is the best – i love the picture where he is giving a brachah – it shows that those who the media says are extremists are the true examples of true Ahavas Yisruel
what do people think about this? –https://vinnews.com/2020/03/19/chasidic-chief-rabbi-dyan-of-montreal-slams-private-in-home-minyonim/
As in every other city, one really has to wonder what the percentages really are. How many people tested positive versus how many people are in the municipality or city?
In New Jersey as well as New York, sometimes they give numbers that are blown way out of proportion of somewhere around 10% when in reality the active amount of positives are below 1%! The reason is because they are lying without any hesitation whatsoever, by giving you a number of positives divided by number of tests taken as opposed to overall number of people.
Al tehiya birchas hedyoit kal…
You can’t ban weedings. Frum yidden need to get married. Nit sure what all these crazy social distance rules want