The former Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, one of the most important rabbis in religious Zionism, is calling on parents to sue teachers who infected students - and also to prevent such teachers from entering schools, without compensating them.
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Rabbi Ariel was asked on the 'Yeshiva' website: "A class that was infected by a teacher who was not vaccinated, all the children went into quarantine for two weeks, including Purim. They are very upset. Is there a place to sue the teacher and demand compensation?".
Rabbi Ariel replied: "Yes. The teacher has a 'pursue' law (although he is not liable to death, God forbid) and compensation must be demanded from him according to the law of Shabbat and sorrow and perhaps more. Shabbat is one of the payments of a traveler, and therefore whoever brought a person into a closed place must compensate him for that.".
'"Usually the payment is for lost working days, but also for lost school days, social and family separation, and especially from the joy of Purim. These are difficult losses and the court will have to consider them.".
Rabbi Ariel emphasized: "That teacher cannot defend himself by claiming that he did not do anything and did not intend to. It is a crime not to get vaccinated on time (teachers were given priority in the vaccination queue). He knew that it was a contagious epidemic. And in fact, by entering the classroom, he committed a serious act.".
""I hereby call on parents not to remain silent. The right to health of our children is preferable to the 'individual right' of teachers to infect our children and, God forbid, endanger their lives. Teachers who infect them should be prosecuted and such teachers should be prevented from entering schools, without compensating them for this.".
