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Shas Sephardic Party Spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen, age 87, was hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem on Sunday after he was injured in a fall.
“Rabbi and Yeshiva Dean Shalom Cohen was admitted to the hospital today after reporting pains in his leg following a fall,” a Shas party spokesperson said in a statement.
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“In accordance with the advice of the doctors during consultations with Minister [Aryeh] Deri, it was decided the rabbi will remain in the hospital overnight for a series of examinations,” the statement continued.
Deri accompanied the rabbi to the medical center and remained with him at the hospital during the examination and subsequent treatment.
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