HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and a member of the Degel Hatorah Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael, was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Thursday afternoon, 2 Adar I. He was transported by a talmid after complaining of not feeling well. At present the Rosh Yeshiva is undergoing diagnostic examinations. Rav Ezrachi was hospitalized a number of times in 2015. The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Baruch Mordechai ben Hinda Malka for a refuah shleima bsoch sha’ar cholei yisroel. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)