On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett kicked off a government campaign for the third round of booster vaccines for the elderly. “We are initiating a vaccine operation to protect the elderly of Israel. From this day, there is a new mitzvah (Torah commandment); ‘Vaccinate your father and mother so that their days will be lengthened.”

HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER “Honour thy father and thy mother in order that your days may be lengthened” (Hebrew: כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ לְמַעַן יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ) is repeated eight times throughout the bible, mosty notably as the fith of the Ten Commandments listed in Exodus 20:1–21, and in Deuteronomy