Rabbinical ordination exams opened last Wednesday in Jerusalem, and took place after preparations by the Chief Rabbinate, in order to successfully hold the exams - while complying with the Ministry of Health guidelines.
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The exams are conducted in such a way that the number of participants on each exam day is limited to 300 participants, and accordingly, the exams themselves are spread over several additional days, as well as at different exam centers, when they are held at the Beit Vegan Guest House and the Nativ Meir Yeshiva building.
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Each examinee received notification of the day and time they were assigned, and at which complex they had to report and when.
But to the astonishment of one of the examinees, a devout Jew who lives in a Haredi city, ironically, on Shabbat morning - at 9:00 - a notice about the date of the Shabbat law exam landed in his email inbox:
The Chief Rabbinate was surprised and launched an investigation.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel informed the Haredim 10:
""The exam registration process was conducted by an external company. After checking with company representatives, it was determined that this was an automatic text message sent by a computer, the day before the exam, to the examinee to update him on his room assignment, the exam location, and the arrival capsule.".
""This update was sent to examinees before the exams were held as a reminder to the examinee and to prevent unnecessary gatherings of examinees at the exam site, contrary to the instructions, and out of a desire to protect the health of examinees.".
""The message was scheduled to be sent at 9 p.m. after the end of Shabbat and due to a technical glitch it was sent earlier - the glitch was detected and fixed.".
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It should be noted that with the outbreak of the second wave of the coronavirus and its widespread effects on the economy, concerns arose that the Chief Rabbinate exams would not be able to take place in their original format, which would have harmed the Torah community who have been studying for these exams for years.
However, in the end, an outline was found that allows the Chief Rabbinate exams to be held in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health.
