The event in the home of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was an emotional one as participants drank a l’chaim in preparation for the dedication of the first beis medrash in memory of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ZT”L. Modi’in Illit Deputy Mayor Rabbi Yaakov Wallerstein is the impetus behind the new היכל הרב אלישיב Shul that was established in the community.

Present in Rav Kanievsky’s home for the l’chaim were Mashgiach Rav Don Segal, HaGaon HaRav Silberstein (Modi’in Illit), HaGaon HaRav Kessler (Modi’in Illit), HaGaon HaRav Karp, as well as members of the Elyashiv family.

The shul was established in the Kiryat Sefer neighborhood of the city.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)