Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 12:44 pm |

Hagaon Harav Steinman, shlita, in a 2015 photo. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Hagaon Harav Aharon Leib Steinman, shlita, was taken to the intensive-care unit of Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak on Sunday, after having been unwell for several days. Doctors feared that Rav Steinman may have pneumonia.

According to the hospital, Medical Director Dr. Moti Ravid has been in consultation with Rav Steinman’s private physician, Dr. Avraham Weinberg. Rav Steinman will undergo testing and remain under observation throughout Sunday night before the medical team decides on a further course of action.

Yidden around the world are urged to daven for the refuah sheleima of Harav Aharon Yehudah Leib ben Gitel Faiga, b’soch sh’ar cholei Yisrael.