-- Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch

What he said isn't all that exciting, but it did clarify a rule I think many aren't aware of. I wasn't and I dont recall seeing it explained this way in the media. The allowance for a wedding right now under lockdown is only for a chuppa ceremony. Nothing else.

That being said, what he said made me think of all the businesses, shuls and whatever rebranding as a shul or protest to get around the guidelines and be considered something else that gives a greater allowance. It made me think of a restaurant that might host a siyum during the Nine Days in order to be able to serve meat to customers now hosting weddings so that the guests, up to 20 of course, could sit and eat diner and officially be a part of a wedding rather than a restaurant that is not currently allowed to have seating...