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It is unclear what is wrong with the rabbi, other than that he was suffering from shortness of breath.

Attendances have grown to more than 20,000 in recent years and the organisers had expected 100,000 people this year until the coronavirus pandemic struck.

While the US State Department has declared them a human rights violation, child marriages are currently still legal in at least 13 US states.

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis are issuing a diet of religious duty and fear of persecution to motivate voters, combined with appeals to haredi identity to ward off challenges from other parties.

The 16 detainees were eventually allowed to proceed to Vienna, but only after being told to sign disclaimers clearing the German authorities of any wrongdoing.

A livestream video of the funeral posted to the local news site BoroPark24 showed men packed tightly into the study hall, with hardly any attendees wearing masks.

Infection rates in the ultra-Orthodox community remain more than double that of the general population.

Infection rates in the ultra-Orthodox community remain more than double that of the general population.

Senior rabbinic leadership of mainstream ultra-Orthodox community says going to protests riot is forbidden.

The rabbi and his wife, a music therapist, frequently sought spiritual meaning in his struggles with COVID.