Following calls by maranan verabonon gedolei Yisroel
thousands of Jews of all backgrounds held tefilloh and
his'orerus gatherings to rouse rachamei
Shomayim in light of the tragedies befalling Am
Yisroel, as Jewish blood is spilled like water in Eretz
Hakodesh and enemies from without and within rise up against
us, leaving us with no recourse other than to take up our
forefathers' trade by increasing our prayers and
supplications.
In of the halls of Torah and botei medrash Jews
gathered to recite selichos and Tehillim,
reciting the prayers for Yom Kippur Kotton and the
Thirteen Attributes. Gedolei Yisroel designated Erev
Rosh Chodesh Elul as a "day of prayer" and pleading to He Who
Dwells On High to put an end to our sorrows.
Numerous mass tefillos were held in the holy places,
including the Kosel Maarovi and the gravesites of the Tanoim
and Amoro'im in the Galilee, as well as the gravesites of
tzaddikim at Har Hazeisim Cemetery, Har Hamenuchos
Cemetery and elsewhere.
At the Kosel thousands recited Tehillim after Yom
Kippur Kotton until arvis. A tefilloh gathering
was also held in Bnei Brak at the ohel of Maran HaAvi
Ezri zt"l, and a continuous recital of Tehillim
was held at Beis Knesses Zichron Moshe in Jerusalem.
Maranan verabonon expressed hopes and blessings that
the many prayers on the eve of a month of rachamim and
teshuvoh would have the power to stir rachamei
Shomayim, bringing redemption and salvation to Am
Yisroel.
