Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, widely considered a one of the most highly influential rabbis and posek (arbiter of Jewish law), on Sunday urged people to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
In a video posted on WhatsApp, his followers asked him whether “it is optional to [get the vaccination], or one must get it,” with Kanievsky responding that everyone “needs” to get the vaccination in order to stop the spread of the virus.
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One of his followers also noted that some people are scared of getting the vaccination, and that it will harm them, prompting the rabbi to respond that one should “not to be afraid.”
The group of followers and Kanievsky concluded the meeting by saying a blessing for health, in light of the expected widespread vaccination campaign to take place in Israel in the coming weeks and months. Source
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