Chief Rabbi of Ramat HaSharon and the Naot Yosef neighborhood in Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Edelstein Shlita has been hospitalized, fearing he has contracted pneumonia. The rav was admitted to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital.

After undergoing diagnostic examination the rav was admitted for observation.

The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Yaakov ben Miriam bsoch sha’ar cholei yisroel.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)