Ahead of COVID-19 lockdown, Health Ministry urges haredim to pray outside

The new lockdown prohibits indoor gatherings of more than five people, meaning that communal Jewish prayer services, which require a quorum of 10 men, are forbidden from taking place in synagogues.

Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City. April 19, 2020.

Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City. April 19, 2020.

(photo credit: NATI SHOCHAT/FLASH 90)

ByJEREMY SHARON

JANUARY 7, 2021 20:10