Rabbi Meir Kahane pays condolence visit to the Edelstein family
Rabbi Meir Kahane pays condolence visit to the Edelstein familynone

Rabbi Meir Kahane, the head of the Ashkelon Rabbinical Court, on Sunday evening paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Lithuanian-haredi leader, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.

Rabbi Edelstein, a leader of the Lithuanian-haredi community and the dean of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, died last week at the age of 100.

Accompanying Rabbi Kahane were his students and Rabbi Ben-Zion Zioni, a judge on the Ashkelon Rabbinical Court.

Rabbi Edelstein's family warmly greeted the group of visitors.

Rabbi Kahane, who grew up in Bnei Brak, arrived at Rabbi Edelstein's home a few hours after he was chosen as the Religious Zionism party's pick for the position of Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi.