About 200,000 people gathered for the funeral of HaRav Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein, zt”l, one of the most senior haredi rabbis in Israel and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah Knesset faction, who died on Tuesday morning, May 30 at the age of 100. His condition had deteriorated Monday night and earlier on Tuesday, sources close to the rabbi said, before news of his passing came to light.
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