Thousands attended the levana of Rav Nissim Toledano ZT”L which got underway at noon. The rav was interred in the Ponevezh Beis Hachaim.

** Firefighters brought a shul fire under control. The blaze was in the Bnei Yaakov Shul in the N’vei David area of Dimona. The sifrei torah were not damaged.

** Interior Minister Eli Yishai met with Eritrean Ambassador to Israel Tesfamariam Tekeste to discuss the illegal alien problem.

** Citing technical issues along Egyptian side of border, a delivery of 30 million liters of fuel from Qatar to Gaza was postponed again.

16:15: A female motorist was thrown from her car in a carjacking in the Har Gilo area. The Arab perpetrator drove off with the vehicle. The woman was uninjured Baruch Hashem.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)