The moked pre-Yom Kippur hotline number will be operating on Sunday evening the eve of 8 Tishrei 5773, the daily HaMevaser reports. The number is 08-854-0737, and it will be manned from 19:00-20:30, with rabbonim and physicians in Ashdod on hand to respond to inquiries.

The rabbinical team includes HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Dovid HaCohen Gross Shlita (a rov in the Gur community and member of the Badatz Kraiyot and Ashdod), HaGaon Rav Chaim Pesach Horowitz Shlita (a rov in the Belz community and member of the Badatz Kraiyot and Ashdod), and HaGaon HaRav Tzvi Hirsch Vishnitzer Shlita (a rov in the Vishnitz community and member of the Badatz Kraiyot and Ashdod).

Physicians taking part include Dr. Yisrael Yullis (OB/GYN), Dr. Yaakov Robinson (OB/GYN and IVF), Dr. Harel Emanuel (general practitioner), Dr. Dov Drori (pediatrics), and Dr. Michael Turgeman (family practitioner).

The hotline is operated in cooperation with the Clalit HMO.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)