After four years, residents of the Cheftziba area of Modi’in Illit have hope that the long overdue mikve will be completed. The area mikve has been a fading dream since Cheftziba found itself in serious financial difficulties.

Just last week, the city’s deputy mayor, Yaakov Wallenstein, was summoned to the home of HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, with the gadol hador expressing his concerns and pain over the fact that so many residents are compelled to travel distances to reach mikvaos.

In short, Mayor Yaakov Guterman enlisted the support of the municipal council, passing a decision that no company will be granted building permits in the Green Park or Cheftziba areas until funds due the Solel Bonei Company regarding the Cheftziba mikve are transferred. The move had almost immediate results and the Cheftziba Company transferred the funds to Solel Bonei, resulting in the latter releasing the mikve to the municipality for completion.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)