Entrance to Jerusalem via Route 1 shut during Rabbi Auerbach's funeral
The funeral procession for Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach—leader of the radical Jerusalem Faction of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox sect— will begin at 11am and heavy delays can be expected as his followers and disciples pack the streets to escort him on his final journey.
Eulogies will be read out for the rabbi at 11am at the Ma'alot HaTorah yeshiva—which he headed—in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood in Jerusalem, where he resided for most of his life. At 12:30pm, Auerbach will be escorted to the cemetery.
His coffin will be escorted through HaGra, KKL, Diskin, Derech Ruppin, Sderot Ben Tsvi, Sderot Weizman and Sakharov before being buried at the Har HaMenuchot cemetery, the largest in Jerusalem.
