As Israel entered coronavirus lockdown in March, a video emerged showing one of the world’s most powerful rabbis, flanked by his grandson, professing ignorance about Covid-19 and insisting religious schools remain open. The rabbi was 92-year-old Chaim Kanievsky, whose knowledge of Jewish law is so revered that his rulings are thought to require total compliance within his community. To some followers, including tens of thousands of the…
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