News from Shaare Zedek Medical Center remains good as Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita continues showing signs of improvement. On Monday, 22 Iyar 5772, his voice was once again audible and those around him heard the rav speak.

Reports from various sources, albeit not from Rav Kook, the official spokesman, state the rav remains awake several hours daily, and on Monday, the rav got out of bed and sat in a lounge chair for a number of hours. The rav exhibited an awareness of his surroundings and persons around him, responding to questions.

The tzibur is requested to continue being mispallel for Rav Yosef Sholom ben Chaya Musha b’soch kol cholei am yisrael.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)