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For Whom The Belz Toll

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Slifkin critiques the Belz chassidic community for holding a massive wedding amidst the war in Israel, ignoring government safety restrictions meant to prevent mass casualties from missile attacks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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CommunityCharediSafetyResponsibilityCultureChassidicBelzWeddings

Places mentioned

Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Now, in an earlier post, Bnei Brak is Protected, I claimed that Every charedi believes in the protection of Torah until their city gets hit by a ballistic missile."
Israel
"And thus there are currently rules in Israel limiting how many people can gather together at a location, with variables depending on the nature of the location."

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