{"id":52885,"date":"2025-09-28T22:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/chief-rabbis-call-for-public-vaccination-following-four-measles-deaths\/28\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:46:53","slug":"chief-rabbis-call-for-public-vaccination-following-four-measles-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/chief-rabbis-call-for-public-vaccination-following-four-measles-deaths\/28\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief rabbis call for public vaccination following four measles deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a public letter, the rabbis argued that “you shall take great care of yourselves” is not just a verse from the Torah, but a halachic and moral obligation.<\/p>\n

Rabbi David Yosef<\/a>, the Rishon LeZion Chief Rabbi of Israel and President of the Great Rabbinical Court, and Rabbi Kalman Bar<\/a>, President of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate, published a public letter on Sunday evening calling on the public to get vaccinated against the measles.<\/p>\n

The letter comes following the death of four infants whocontracted measles in the past week. <\/a><\/p>\n

In the letter, the rabbis emphasized that “the recent spread of measles poses a real danger to children and adults, especially among those who are not vaccinated or have weakened immune systems.”<\/p>\n

“Everyone has a duty to prevent diseases before they appear,” read the letter, “and vaccination is the most effective and safest means of prevention.”<\/p>\n

A halachic obligation<\/h3>\n

The rabbis alluded to Jewish law, arguing that “you shall take great care of yourselves” is not just a verse from the Torah, but ahalachic<\/a> and moral obligation.<\/p>\n

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