All are urged to intensify tefillos on behalf of Rav Chaim Berman, “the Ponovezh masmid,” one of the greatest masmidim of the generation, whose condition has taken a serious turn.

Rav Chaim, whose full name for tefillah is Rav Chaim ben Reisa Reizel Berman, has been hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer for an extended period due to severe physical weakness.

Family members and those close to him reported today that his condition has deteriorated significantly.

Widely revered throughout the Torah world for his extraordinary diligence and lifelong devotion to Torah learning, Rav Berman is regarded as one of the foremost masmidim of the generation.

Hundreds of bnei Torah gathered today in the bais medrash of Yeshivas Ponevezh for a special tefillas rabbim.

{Matzav.com}