Two yeshiva bachurim sadly were involved in a drowning incident on Friday at a Netanya beach. The victims, Yissachar Dov and Avraham Yeshayahu, are sons of Harav Shlomo Spiegel, shlita, who leads a famous chaburah in the Beis Yisroel neighborhood of Yerushalayim.
The family had been staying in Netanya for a bein hazmanim vacation when the tragedy struck.
As news of the tragedy spread after Shabbos, the communities where the boys reside and learn immediately mobilized for mass tefillah. The boys, who are students at the esteemed Tifrach Yeshiva, reside with their family in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Yerushalayim.
To storm the heavens for the brothers, multiple urgent tefilah gatherings have been scheduled for Motzei Shabbos:
• The Central Shul (Harav Kahaneman Street, Ramat Shlomo): A massive atzeres tefillah will take place at 11:00 PM.
• Chazon Ish shul (Ramat Shlomo): Gatherings will commence at 10:30 PM.
• Spiegel-Beis Yisroel Yeshiva Hall: A mass tefilah will be held at 10:30 PM.
• The Kosel: Thousands are expected to gather for Tehillim at 10:30 PM.
Following the incident on Friday, rescue forces immediately launched a massive search and rescue operation. While Yissachar Dov was pulled from the water, his brother Avraham Yeshayahu remains missing.
Given the life-saving nature of the situation, ZAKA Rabbis issued direct rulings instructing divers and special units to continue their search operations unabated throughout Shabbos.
Central District police officers from the Netanya station, under the leadership of the station commander and Mayor Avi Salama, worked alongside the Coast Guard, fire department commanders, the flame unit, and maritime policing systems.
Following a Motzei Shabbos situational assessment, dozens of ZAKA volunteers and diver units are utilizing advanced technological means and dedicated equipment to conduct coordinated scans along the coastline and underwater, working in full cooperation with maritime police to locate the missing bachur.
Yissachar Dov is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit at the Sanz Laniado Hospital. Medical personnel describe his condition as extremely serious, and he is in desperate need of a complete and speedy recovery.
Throughout Shabbos, local Sanzer Chassidim provided close assistance and hospitality to the distraught family members keeping vigil near the hospital. Harav Spiegel was also brought in to receive a bracha from the Sanzer Rebbe.
The tzibur is requested to daven for Yissachar Dov ben Shoshana, and for the safe and swift locating of his brother, Avraham Yeshayahu ben Shoshana.