Hold on. You serious?!?
This is law? Next flight back-- sign me up.
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Yup, that's the law.
You can be fined 500 shek for not wearing one. (at the beginning they enforced more)
A store (or shul/BM) can and have been be shut for 30 days and given large fines if they are found to not be following the rules - including enforcing mask wearing among customers/attendees.
During Bein Hazmanim the police were stopping inter-city busses and checking riders for mask wearing.
Of course, there are
segments of chareidi society that ignore it to various degrees. Meah Shearim, Chassidim, Etz, - the standard suspects.
(Two examples: 1.In Belz they dont wear masks, but the Belzers who work in the Mir wear masks while in the Mir. 2. Zebra stripes keeps coughing in a store, other customers ask him to put on a mask, he argues that its a Zionist plot...puts it on in the end)
As far as I can tell most other parts of chareidi society take it seriously, and expect others too as well.
Serious question: If its the same group of people together for 10+ Hrs a day... what are the chances that one of them will pick it up somewhere else and spread it around?
Quite high, which is why they created the capsule system for the Israeli Yeshivos. You come in, do 14 days of quarantine in a small group and then join the rest of the Yeshiva
in a closed bubble till the end of Zman (like the NBA and NHL)
The rules for the Chutznik Yeshivos (and what is being done in the Kollelim) seem to be different and much more likely to have problems. Bidud for 14 days when you come in to the country (if you need it), then enter "open capsules", where you can go out, come back in, mix with other capsules or the general public...(like MLB, and we know the problems they had.)