New guidelines released for synagogues to combat coronavirus
Events and gatherings exceeding 100 attendees will be banned, the government announced Wednesday, putting some prayer services at risk.
A Jewish worshipper wears Tefillin as he prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 8, 2012. Tefillin, leather straps and boxes containing sacred parchments, are worn by Orthodox Jewish men during morning prayer(photo credit: BAZ RATNER/REUTERS)
