Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a shiva visit to HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita, who is sitting shiva in his Jerusalem Old City home following the petira of a sister.

The prime minister arrived at the shiva home on Tuesday, 15 Teves during the evening hours. The prime minster arrived in an appropriate fashion, wearing a yarmulke, spending a half hour with the head of the Shas party Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael. The prime minister mentioned how his younger son recently entered the IDF and how he was a contestant in the annual International Bible Quiz competition. He told Rav Cohen he would like to bring his son in the future to receive a bracha. The rav response “You should merit [seeing] good roots from the family”.

The rav told the prime minister that he should be cognizant of to the words of Shlomo HaMelech, לב מלכים ושרים ביד ה’. Rav Cohen benched the prime minister with Birkas Kohanim, explaining it is a general bracha for everything.

Shas MK Yitzchak Cohen, who maintains good relations with Mr. Netanyahu, escorted him during the visit.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)