08.10.2013 - 07:48 [ Jerusalem Post ]

At least 800,000 fill streets for largest funeral in Israel’s history

The capital came to a veritable standstill Monday evening as at least 800,000 men, women and children from across the nation descended upon Jerusalem to mourn the death earlier in the day of Shas spiritual leader, and former chief rabbi, Ovadia Yosef, in the largest funeral in the nation’s history.