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Kretchnif-Siget Rebbe Hospitalized in Jerusalem After Stroke, Reported in Critical Condition

The Jerusalem Hasidic community has asked the public to pray for his recovery.

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Israel National News

Overview

  • He collapsed during Mincha on Friday at his beis medrash on Rechov Rappaport in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood.
  • Emergency responders transported him to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where a stroke was diagnosed.
  • Community outlets reported his status as serious from the outset, prompting round-the-clock tefillos over Shabbat.
  • By Motzoei Shabbos and into Sunday, doctors reported he remains in critical condition, sedated and on a respirator.
  • The public was asked to daven for the Rebbe, Zeida Eliezer Ze'ev ben Shifra, for a full recovery.