Gimmel Elul: The Mount of Olives Cemetery(RAV KOOK YORTZEIT IS TUESDAY)

(PLEASE LEARN THIS FOR THE REFUA SHELAMA OF RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY-Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam,Rav Shteinman - Aaron Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga, Rav Weiss - Yitzchak Tuvia ben Rikal, Rav Yosef - Yaakov Chai ben Margalit Harav Shlomo Leib Ben Miriam - HaRav Shlomo Brevda Harav Yeshaya Yaakov Ben Raizel - HaRav Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal Harav Meshulem Fish Ben Tziril - The Toshe Rebbe Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Hakohen ben Raizel. -Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Rothenberg, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Mountaindale Rav Shaul ben Pasha-Gavaad Zurich, Switzerland and rav of Beis Medrash Agudas Achim for a refuah shleima b’soch kol cholei am Yisrael.)(AND L"N RAV YOSEF SHALOM BEN RAV AVRAHAM(RAV ELYASHIV ZT"L)

For nineteen years, Rav Kook's grave in the ancient cemetery in Jerusalem's Mount of Olives was bereft of visitors. Jordan had obligated itself in the 1949 Armistice Agreement to allow 'free access to the holy sites… and use of the cemeteries on the Mount of Olives.' But Jordan failed to honor its commitments. During their nineteen-year occupation of Jerusalem, the Jordanians barred Jews from entering the site — the oldest and most distinguished Jewish cemetery in the world, in use since Biblical times. Unable to visit Rav Kook's grave, family members, friends and disciples worried about its upkeep and state of repair. Had they been aware of what was taking place in the Mount of Olives, they would have been more than just worried.