Funeral services were held, Sunday afternoon, for Rabbi Ya'akov Mann Rakovski, the rabbi of the Hadassah medical centers in Jerusalem for 50 years, who passed away, Saturday night.
A native ofJerusalemfrom a family ofrabbiswho were among thefirst immigrantsto Israelin modern times, Rabbi Rakovski was remembered for combining greatTorahknowledge,personality,love ofhis fellow humans,wisdom, gentlenessandopenness. He answeredquestions of Jewish law that aroseduringand afterhospitalization.Hisrulingsandopinions were issuedin a long seriesofcompositions, at the center of which was thebook series "Aruchat Bat Ami."