Quebec Judge Sides With Hasidic Jews, Changes COVID Rules on Religions Gatherings

Quebec Judge Sides With Hasidic Jews, Changes COVID Rules on Religions Gatherings
A near-empty Rene-Levesque Boulevard is seen under Quebec's new COVID-19 lockdown in Montreal, on Jan. 13, 2021. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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MONTREAL—A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled in favour of a group of Hassidic Jews who had challenged the province’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings.

The ruling delivered today by Justice Chantal Masse says up to 10 people are allowed to gather in each room of a synagogue to pray—as long as each room has a separate entrance to the street.