[Avodah] Should we be davening for R' Elyashiv to live?

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Marty Bluke:
R' Benny Lau wrote (http://bit.ly/wl25Tr) that maybe we should be davening
for R' Elyashiv to be freed from the yisurim that are affecting his body (in
other words to die). He based this on the Gemara Kesubos 104 where Rebbe's
shifcha sees the talmidim davening for him to recover while he is suffering
and therefore she davens for him to die and distracts the talmidim. He
points out that R' Moshe (Igros Moshe Choshen Mishpat 2:73
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=921&st=&pgnum=301) paskens like
Rebbe's shifcha and R' moshe quotes a Ran in Nedarimn as well in support of
this. As expected this did not go over well with the crowd at Kika
Hashabbat. 
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This is an example of where something you say might be correct, but it's
unwise to say it, anyway.

KT,
MYG