The yahrzeit for HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu ZT�L will take place on Thursday, 24 Sivan 5772. The yahrzeit coincides with a bipartisan letter to President Barak Obama calling for Jonathan Pollard�s release along with a presidential visit to the White House by Shimon Peres.

The rav was very connected to Jonathan Pollard, and for a long time, the lone voice speaking on his behalf. At this year�s yahrzeit, there will be a chair for Pollard accompanied with the sincere hope that he will be a free man by that time.

Chaim Suissa, who heads the institution perpetuating the rav�s teachings, told the media �This is the biggest gift we could give to the rav�s neshama�.

�The rav always said that Pollard is the Yosef HaTzaddik of this generation and we are responsible to get him released. What could better please his neshama than Pollard�s release?�

The hilula for the rav will begin at Har Menuchos at 18:00.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)