The tzibur in Nachlas Har Chabad in Kiryat Malachi and elsewhere are continuing tefilos on behalf of 5-year-old Eliezer Lipman ben Devorah Leah Gelfrin, who sustained second and third degree burns over much of his body in a blaze, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL. The young boy remains in very serious condition in an intensive care unit at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.

Eliezer is a cousin to Moishele Holtzberg, the survivor of the Mumbai terror attack, a grandson of the Rosenbergs, the parents of Rebitzen Rivki Holtzberg HY�D.

It appears that the cause of the fire was a burning candle as reported earlier. Eliezer�s mom was home and she heard his screams, but due to the flames and heavy smoke conditions, she was unable to pull him out of the room. His father, R� Shmulik was not at home at the time.

A 16-year-old downstairs neighbor came to the rescue and extricated Eliezer from the inferno. He sustained light smoke inhalation. (Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)