Jailed American Jew Jonathan Pollard dispatched an urgent message calling for prayer son behalf of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, who is in critical condition at Jerusalem's Sharei Tzedek Hospital. Pollard wrote to Rabbi Pesach Lerner of Young Israel:
"We just received word that Kavod HaRav Eliyahu pulled through a crisis this morning. He stopped breathing and an emergency effort was made to resuscitate him. Thank G-d the doctors were successful and his condition is now stable. But he is not out of the woods yet.
"The Rav needs an abundance of teffilot (prayers). We must storm the Heavens with our heartfelt pleas for mercy for Am Yisrael in the form of a a complete and speedy recovery for our beloved Rav, who has always been the Rav to all the People of Israel, without exception.
"Would you be able to put out a request for teffilah (prayer) to all the Rabbis and to everyone on your distribution list -- and to encourage everyone on the list to forward the message to at least 5 more people. That way, in a short time, we can reach an astronomical number of people...
"Please...do what ever you can to encourage people to daven as they have never davened before, with all of their hearts and with tears, for a swift and speedy Refuah Shleimah(complete healing and recovery) for MORDECHAI TZEMACH BEN MAZAL TOV."
"We just received word that Kavod HaRav Eliyahu pulled through a crisis this morning. He stopped breathing and an emergency effort was made to resuscitate him. Thank G-d the doctors were successful and his condition is now stable. But he is not out of the woods yet.
"The Rav needs an abundance of teffilot (prayers). We must storm the Heavens with our heartfelt pleas for mercy for Am Yisrael in the form of a a complete and speedy recovery for our beloved Rav, who has always been the Rav to all the People of Israel, without exception.
"Would you be able to put out a request for teffilah (prayer) to all the Rabbis and to everyone on your distribution list -- and to encourage everyone on the list to forward the message to at least 5 more people. That way, in a short time, we can reach an astronomical number of people...
"Please...do what ever you can to encourage people to daven as they have never davened before, with all of their hearts and with tears, for a swift and speedy Refuah Shleimah(complete healing and recovery) for MORDECHAI TZEMACH BEN MAZAL TOV."