Chaim Kanievsky
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky חיים קניבסקי | |
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| Born | Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי January 8, 1928 |
| Died | March 18, 2022 (aged 94) Bnei Brak, Israel |
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| Children | 8: 24 |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Known as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish law.
Though Kanievsky held no formal community-wide post, he was the de facto head of the Litvak community of Haredi Judaism, revered as a consummate scholar of Jewish law and tradition, with unimpeachable rulings.