The following update was received at 11:46pm NYC time, Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

“Today Rabbi Belsky was taken off the ventilator. His condition continues to improve, but he still needs our tefilos.”

The tzibur is requested to continue being mispallel on behalf of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yisrael ben Chana Tzirel b’soch kol cholei am yisrael.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)