Sep 30, 2020

don't invite ushpizin

The news is reporting that Epidemiologist Professor Itamar Gruto has warned that in sukkas as well you can only be with families and the regular rules apply,. he added that the sukka is considered a closed structure rather than an open one and one should not invite Ushpizin to the sukka..

If you think I am joking, as many have joked about this already, listen to the news report as recorded in the Tweet below.



Either Gruto was joking and they picked it up as being serious not realizing, or else it is just ignorance of what the Ushpizin is. It is also possible that Gruto used the word "ushpizin" to mean not to invite any guests, as the word just means guests, even if traditionally it is used to refer to the sukkos ushpizin.

Anyways, if the ushpizin come they will need 14 days quarantine, so it isn't practical.



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2 comments:

  1. Bored LawyerOctober 01, 2020 5:49 AM

    At least the first three Ushpizin (Avraham, Yitzcak and Yaakov) are all family! If you are a Levi, include Moshe and Aharon!

    So wouldn't they fall under the family exception?

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    1. Rafi G.October 01, 2020 6:40 AM

      haha! but seriously, family exception is only for people living in the same house, and 5 minutes before you they were living in my house and visiting my sukka!

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