An assembly of revival and prayer for the recovery of former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu was held Monday night at the rabbi's Heichal Ya'akov synagogue. Rabbis and dozens of his students took part.
A number of similar prayer sessions have taken place since the rabbi's recent surgery. For those wanting to offer a prayer in his behalf, his Hebrew name is Mordechai-Tzemach ben Mazal-Tov.