Golf cart that was used daily for many years by R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, to travel from his home at 10 Chanan Street (in Meah Shearim) to his caravan synagogue, "Tiferet Bachurim", where he would pray and lecture.
In 2003, R. Elyashiv underwent an emergency surgery to treat a life-threatening condition, and thereafter a caravan synagogue was built close to his home, allowing him to easily reach the synagogue for praying and lecturing. His home was also adapted to accommodate his needs, by rehabilitative specialists of the "Yad Sarah" organization. Towards this end, the director of "Yad Sarah", R. Uri Lupolianski, a protégé of R. Elyashiv, obtained a donation earmarked towards purchasing a golf cart that would assist R. Elyashiv in traversing the short distance from his home to the caravan synagogue.
During the subsequent years, it became a common sight to see the golf cart, with R. Elyashiv within, crowned with his tallit and tefillin, traversing the narrow Meah Shearim streets during the early morning hours on his way to the morning prayers. During the course of the day R. Elyashiv would return home and travel back to the caravan as necessary, to serve as sandek at britot and for his Talmudic lectures. He would ride in his golf cart accompanied by dozens of assistants, admirers and people requesting advice and blessing.
R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (1910-2012) was among the world's greatest halachic decisors for over seventy years. He was renowned for his extreme diligence and his vast knowledge in all sections of the Torah, which enabled him to issue halachic rulings in every area. He led the Torah world in Eretz Israel and the Diaspora for many years, and his opinion affected every area of rabbinate and halacha in Jewish communities around the world.
After his passing, the golf cart served R. Shalom Cohen, Rosh Yeshivat Porat Yosef and leader of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah.
Golf cart, model: Club Car DS, with 9.0 horsepower motor. Maximum dimensions: 2.30X1.10X1.70 meters. Overall good condition.
The golf cart is the property of "Yad Sarah", the largest volunteer organization in Israel, which has created a vast network of medical equipment for loan as well as adaptive and technological assistance for the ill and handicapped. Now that the golf cart has been retired from active service, the proceeds from its sale will benefit the activities of "Yad Sarah".