HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Edelstein Shlita is scheduled to undergo surgery on Purim, Thursday, 14 Adar-II at 7:00AM. Gedolei Yisrael are calling on the tzibur to be mispallel on his behalf on Wednesday, Taanis Esther for Yaakov ben Miriam.

A Kol Koreh in the name of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita requests that prior to reading megillah on Thursday, shuls should recite the following perakim in Tehillim; 20,22, and 121.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)