Senior rabbis on Tuesday issued a decree urging the ultra-Orthodox public to get the coronavirus vaccine, declaring that "according to all acceptable medical parameters it has been proven that the vaccines are safe."
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The decree was issued by rabbis Chaim Kanievsky, Gershon Edelstein, Shalom Cohen and Elimelech Firer, considered Israel's greatest poskim (decisors), and it is believed the decree will he helpful in curbing morbidity in the Haredi community.
The Orthodox Union and the Rabbinic Council of America issued a similar call on Tuesday.
In a joint decree, the two groups stated that as the Halacha demands Jews care for their own health and protect others from harm or illness, getting the vaccine is allowed.
