The Tzaddik of Yavniel, HaGaon Rav Eliezer Shlomo Shick Shlita remains critical. An atzeres tefilla began in Yavniel at 16:00.

The rav was taken to Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC during a visit to NYC, where doctors found he is in the late stage of leukemia R�L.

The rav�s family remains at his bedside reciting Tehillim and slichos. His wife is also in need of Rachmei Shomayim � suffering from a serious illness herself.

The tzibur is urged to be mispallel for Eliezer Shlomo ben Malka and Yachna Shifra bas Susiya bsoch kol cholei yisrael.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)