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Tens of thousands of mispallalim from many areas in Eretz Yisrael were on hand at the tefilla at the Kosel on Sunday night on behalf of Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Ovadia Yosef Shlita. Chareidi radio reports placed the crowd at 30,000. Doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Monday morning 26 Tishrei 5774 report the gadol hador remains in serious/stable condition, with slight signs of improvement.

Among the rabbonim present were Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar, Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, Rabbi Reuven Elbaz, Rabbi Binayahu Shmueli, and Rabbi David Batzri.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)