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Rehovot Chief Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Simcha HaCohen Kook, who is also rav of the Churva Shul in the Old City of Yerushalayim, was the over 1,000 participants in a Pidyon Peter Chamor in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)