Religious leaders: Coronavirus is punishment, sign of the messiah's coming
Hardline rabbis, Christian pastors and Muslim preachers have all weighed in on the religious significance of the outbreak.
Chief Rabbi of Safed and president of the Rabbinical Community Association Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu andRabbi Avi Berman, executive officer of Israeli branch of the Orthodox Union among the dozens who gathered at the Western Wall to pray for the people affected by the coronavirus on February 16, 2020(photo credit: OU ISRAEL)
