Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat,  has issued a public call to pray for the recovery of his father, the former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. Rabbi Eliyahu has been hospitalized for several weeks in intensive care at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

The public is requested to pray for Rabbi Mordechai Tzemach ben Mazal.