Charedi school systems have instructed teachers and students 16-years-old and older on Tuesday to receive the Corona vaccine ahead of the expected exit from the national lockdown in the coming week.
“In light of a call from the eyes of the community – the Gedolei Yisrael, the shepherds of the generation – and according to their request, we ask that teaching staff get vaccinated as soon as possible,” wrote Rav Eliezer Sorotzkin, director-general of Chinuch Atzmai.
“Principals should contact all teaching staff as soon as possible and request that those who have yet to use their right to get vaccination do so as quickly as possible, so that upon returning to the schools, we will be privileged to conduct studies without notices of ‘verified’ [cases], G-d forbid, or quarantines of classes – and staff can regain control of the agenda,” added Sorotzkin.
Similar letters were sent specifically to the Talmud Torah and Bais Yaakov school systems. All three letters were approved by Rav Cahim Kanievsky and Rav Gershon Edelstein, who have both called on Charedim to get vaccinated since the beginning of the vaccine campaign in Israel.
