Israel's Chief Rabbis, Rabbi David Lau and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, have called on the general public to join in a communal prayer event, prompted by the ongoing violence in Ukraine.
"We are pained and distressed on behalf of the people of Ukraine and the Jews living there," the Chief Rabbis wrote. "It is our obligation to beseech G-d in prayer and ask Him to open the Gates of Heaven and cancel the evil decree, bringing an end to this terrible war."
The prayer event is to be held next Tuesday (the Fast of Esther) at the Western Wall.