Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu attended the funeral of his attorney and friend, attorney Dr. Yaakov Weinroth.
"This morning we received the bitter news, our beloved friend Yaakov, our friend for 20 years, one of the greatest judges of the Jewish people, died during the night, my wife and I are shocked as are many in the Israeli public, we feel as though we have lost a great man, of which none were like and none will ever be," Netanyahu said.