HaGaon HaTzaddik Rav Dov Yaffa Shlita, viewed as the elder of the mashgichim, remains in very serious condition in an intensive care unit in Laniado Hospital in Netanya. Hospital officials report that he went into cardiac arrest and was successfully resuscitated.

The rav’s health began deteriorating a number of weeks ago and he was hospitalized on several occasions. On Tuesday, 18 Cheshvan, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita called on bnei torah to be mispallel on his behalf.

The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Rav Dov ben Tova Gittel bsoch cholei am yisrael.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)