The Kretchnif (קרעטשניף) Rebbe Shlita, who was released from a hospital on erev Yomtov and he was hospitalized again during Simchas Torah. Now he is medically sedated and intubated.

There is much concern among chassidim in Kiryat Gat as the Kretchnif Rebbe Shlita was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Yerushalayim during Simchas Torah, experiencing severe dyspnea after being released from the hospital on erev Yomtov.

As a result of the labored respirations, the rebbe’s blood oxygen saturation was dangerously low upon his arrival at the hospital and doctors decided to sedate him towards alleviating the respiratory crisis.

The rebbe is no stranger to medical difficulties of late, having been hospitalized since Rosh Hashanah.

The tzibur is called on to be mispallel for the Rebbe, Rav Yisrael Nissan ben Esther Rachel for a refuah shleima bsoch cholei am yisrael.

Published on isru chag Simchas Torah from Eretz Yisrael.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)