(Israel Hayom via JNS) Senior rabbis in Israel issued a decree urging the public to receive the coronavirus vaccine, declaring that “according to all acceptable medical parameters, it has been proven that the vaccines are safe.”

The decree was issued by rabbis Chaim Kanievsky, Gershon Edelstein, Shalom Cohen and Elimelech Firer, considered Israel’s greatest poskim. It is believed that the decree will help in curbing morbidity in the haredi community.