Chaim Kanievsky
Israeli Haredi rabbi
Died when: 94 years 69 days (1130 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: ?????? ???? ???? ??????????;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 "minister 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 Lithuanian branch of Haredi Judaism, revered as a consummate scholar of Jewish law and tradition, with unimpeachable rulings.
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