Overview
- He died Wednesday night after roughly two weeks at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in critical condition.
- The funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11:00 a.m., departing his Sanhedria Murchevet home for Har HaMenuchos.
- He founded Yad Sarah in 1976, which grew to about 6,000 volunteers across 96 branches serving all sectors of Israeli society.
- He served as Jerusalem’s mayor from 2003 to 2008 as the first Haredi representative to hold the post.
- Earlier Wednesday, his family and Yad Sarah asked the public to pray for him as his condition worsened.