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Thousands of mispallalim davened shachris at the Kosel on Wednesday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, with many joining a tefilla led by Tzefas Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita. The initiative for the tefilla led by the rav was to show unity and highlight Kedushas HaKosel at a time when Women of the Wall R”L and their supporters are interested in provocations and Chilul Hashem.

The presence of the Women of the Wall did create a disturbance to put it mildly, but these mispallalim, together with Rav Eliyahu, continued their rosh chodesh tefilos without interruption.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)