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A strong heat-wave in Israel brought about a third death from dehydration and a broad-sweeping response from Hareidi-religious rabbis over the weekend.Menachem Shlomo Shapira,15, a student at Bnei Brak’s Ponovezh yeshiva,died after fainting of dehydration and falling down a steep incline while hiking in Nahal Amud in the Galilee.He was rescued within minutes and treated for hours in a hospital intensive care unit.Nonetheless,he succumbed to his wounds.Just a day earlier,20-year-old Teshabin Yeshiva student Tzvi Miller lost his life while hiking in NahalZe’elim. Miller had embarked on the lengthy hike at dawn together with five friends,having packed food and drink.When the water ran out,the students had already descended the mountain but could not find additional water sources.Miller ran ahead to get help,but did not return and by the time rescuers reached the site, Miller had died of dehydration.The temperatures in both areas have climbed over 115 (F) degrees in recent days.Authorities have recommended Israelis refrain from hiking during the severely hot weather.Leading Hareidi-religious leaders Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and Rabbi Aharon Shteinman reportedly called on yeshiva students to avoid hiking altogether during “bein hazmanim”-the vacation time following the Fast of Tisha B’Av.The announcement was issued Friday shortly after news of the second dehydration-related death was reported.The rabbis explained that hiking can be dangerous, and told students that “whoever listens to the advice of the elders will be blessed.”A rescue team saved a dehydrated hiker near the Yehudiyah River in the Golan Heights Saturday.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/
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