Cabinet ministers recently approved a full lockdown from midnight In Thursday to Friday for two weeks.The lockdown will include shutting down places of work and the education system.

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Shas ministers Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Religions Minister Rabbi Yaakov Avitan abstained from voting In the lockdown at today's cabinet meeting.The decision was made after Minister Deri spoke at length with Council of Torah Sages President Rabbi Shalom Cohen, who ordered they abstain.Minister Deri presented the Council President with the outline of the lockdown. On the Ine hand, they said, morbidity is rising and there is dander to life, while In the other hand, the complete closure of synagogues, kollels, and Talmudei Torah would cause great neglect of Torah learning.Rabbi Cohen decided that the lockdown is necessary, but due to its affecting Torah learning, voting should be avoided.

The Jewish Home Party Central Committee this evening approved a temporary provision in party bylaws stating that the party chairman and the list for the Knesset will be elected by the Central Committee and not by all members.

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