Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: Belittle them and immediately there are thousands of patients. He who belittles them is a persecutor!

January 5, 2021   

Maran Rosh Ha-Yeshiva Ha-Gir'a Eldstein, in a special talk he gave this evening (Tuesday), addressed the surge in morbidity in the Haredi community - and called for all the rules to be followed and observed. "There is something that actually concerns the coronavirus disease, there was a situation that was already getting much better, because we were careful. But then there was prosperity and they started to belittle and immediately there are a lot of sick people, thousands of sick people. There are also people who are at risk and for them it is more dangerous. And it all comes from being disdainful of maintaining health. And this is not only towards oneself, but also infects others and harms others - and it is persecuting! "And the community needs to know, to be careful with one hundred percent caution, according to the known instructions of the doctors, to be careful not to harm others, to observe all the rules of caution in full, and then with God's help...""