Two “quarantine hotels” are being prepared to house charedi coronavirus patients in Israel beginning on Tuesday, Hebrew media reported on Monday.
The hotels, which according to Channel 12 will be located in Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh, will be separated by gender and serve food with strict kosher supervision to fit the needs of the frum community. Two more hotels are being prepared to open in the future, according to the report.
The announcement follows Hebrew media reports on Sunday that despite representing just 10 percent of Israel’s population, charedim make up half of all Israelis being treated in hospitals for coronavirus.
While Israel’s Arab-Israeli and ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods tend to be overcrowded, police have also cited difficulty in enforcing social distancing directives in ultra-Orthodox communities.
Community leaders praised the solution, reported the Times of Israel, with Bnei Brak rabbis calling for residents to cooperate with Health Ministry directives.
(JNS)
{Matzav.com}
All the Hebrew phrases have the gimatria of 677.
May HaShem give us all a perfect
רפואה שלימה
May we all love and learn Torah
לאהל תורה
May HaShem protect us all with in His Holy Shecinah
צלא דמהימנותא
May HaShem give us all his spiritual and material Bracot
תן ברכה
May we all become true and pure
האמת והטוהר
May we all have even more Bracot , true life and perfect peace
ברכה חיים ושלום
May HaShem multiply all this thousands of times
יוסף עליכם אלף פעמים
אמן
The Israeli media are following Rahm Emanuel’s directive about never letting a crisis go to waste.
They are not having any more “difficulty” enforcing social distancing in charedi cities (witness the full beaches the Shabbos before last and a secular wedding in Beersheva with hundreds of people).
The problem is that some of their rules take on a bit of a different slant when you apply them to a charedi neighborhood.
Here’s just one example: They made a rule that unless you’re going somewhere you must go to, you can only leave your house to a distance of 100 meters. Fine. I live on a street with 5 apartment buildings of 19-22 apartments each. BH and bli ayin hara, if only 10% of the residents on my street would go within 100 meters of their homes, you’d have about 80 people walking around outside…and police complaining that they’re having “trouble enforcing social distancing.”
No matter what, you’ll always find fault with something or someone. Take a deep breath and get a life !