Thursday, September 24, 2020

Yom Kippur synagogue closure will be ineffective among haredim - Analysis

 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/yom-kippur-synagogue-closure-will-be-ineffective-among-haredi-analysis-643312

 Moshe Weisberg, editor of the B’hadrei Haredim ultra-Orthodox news website, says likewise that a closure order of synagogues on Yom Kippur will be widely violated.

He estimated that at least 80% of the ultra-Orthodox community, including the hassidim and various extremist factions, have not been obeying social distancing in synagogues in recent months, and that that figure would climb even higher on Yom Kippur.

In B’hadrei Haredim’s editorial on Wednesday, the site described a closure of synagogues on Yom Kippur as “a declaration of war on God and his Torah,” and that “thousands of worshipers and synagogue administrators will not comply with such a decision.”


6 comments:

  1. Acupuncture better than pain killers
    https://www.wddty.com/news/2020/09/acupuncture-treats-pain-better-than-opioids.html

    What's so terrible about that?

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  2. So the halacha says that public health is really, really important. By crowding into shuls, that halacha is violated. So who is really declaring war on God and His Torah?

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  3. don't see what they relied to make such a declaration.
    Better simply because less long term damage or better because of stronger pain relief? Very poor article!
    It is like saying an ant is stronger than a man who ever lived but only relative to size or weight

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  4. This was written in a health magazine , the official report is here:

    https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/commonly-used-treatments-for-chronic-pain-can-do-more-harm-than-good-and-should-not-be-used-says-nice-in-draft-guidance

    (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is something like the NIH or FDA in the USA.)

    It states that for certain types of chronic pain, Acupuncture works better (more effective) than painkillers.

    Another treatment I have seen do wonders for chronic headaches/migraines Is Pulsed Radiofrequency neuromodulation (no hocus pocus, pure bio-physics)

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  5. Acupuncture is recommended as an option for some people with chronic primary pain, provided it is delivered within certain, clearly defined parameters.

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  6. They also said RE: drugs_
    "while there was little or no evidence that they made any difference to people’s quality of life, pain or psychological distress, there was evidence that they can cause harm, including possible addiction. "

    Hence a). Is better than b).

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