The Seret Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita on Friday arrived in Carmel Hospital in Haifa after complaining of chest pains. The Rebbe was taken for a number of immediate diagnostic procedures and it was decided to perform a catheterization.

The procedure was done without complications B”H.

Unfortunately, the Rebbe remained in the hospital for Shabbos and SUnday, and was unable to lead his Chassidim in the first night of Selichos. A small Minyan of family members made a Minyan in the hospital room of the Rebbe for Selichos.

The Rebbe’s name for Tehillim is Yaakov ben Chaya Tzirel.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)