Maran Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita was taken to the hospital early Sunday morning, after complaining of shortness of breath.

An ambulance was called to the home on Rechov Chanan around 2:00AM, and Paramedics transported him to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, .

R’ Shlomo Kook, a spokesperson at the home of the Posek Hador tells YWN that Rav Elyashiv is fully alert and conscious, and is undergoing tests. It is possible that he may have a pneumonia.

Please be Mispallel for Yosef Shalom ben Chaya Musha.

(Dov Gordon – YWN)