Quote of the Day

It would not be proper to start enforcement right on Yom Kippur against those who are supposed to be in quarantine from Uman. It also would not be proper to prohibit tishes after the Panjoya party and the Omer Adam concert. But in general we need to have more significant enforcement of the rules and more equal enforcement among the various sectors.

  -- Avi Blumenthal, media consultant and head of the PR Division of the Health Ministry to the Haredi sector

1. Blumenthal is right - we have needed stricter enforcement, and this has been so all along. There is no point in making all the crazy rules without any enforcement. If they are not going to enforce the rules, stop making them.

2. Blumenthal is right - selective enforcement helps nobody.

3. there is never a good time to start enforcing. It will always hurt somebody "unfairly". If this is the policy, real enforcement will never begin. 

4. Announcing such a thing publicly basically ensures that nobody required to be in quarantine over Yom Kippur will actually stay in quarantine. 

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