Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky | |
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| Born | Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי 1899 |
| Died | 10 August 1985(1985-08-10) (aged 85–86)[1] |
| Buried | Shomrei Shabbos cemetery, Bnei Brak |
| Spouse | (Pesaha) Miriam Karelitz |
| Children | Chaim Kanievsky |
| Parent(s) | Chaim Peretz and Bracha Kanievsky |
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| Religion | Judaism |
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (Hebrew:יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי), known asThe Steipler orThe Steipler Gaon (1899 – 10 August 1985),[2]was aHaredirabbi,Talmudic scholar, andposek[3] (decider of Jewish law in new situations), and the author ofKehilos Yaakov, a 19-volume commentary on theTalmud.[4]
Kanievsky was born inHornostaypil, Ukraine to Rabbi Chaim Peretz Kanievsky, aChernobylChassid and the localshochet (kosher slaughterer), and his second wife Bracha.[a] It was the family's subsequent move to the town ofHornostaypil, from which his appellation, "the Steipler", was later derived.[6]
Kanievsky studied in theNovardok Yeshiva inNavahrudak, underrosh yeshiva (dean),Yosef Yoizel Horowitz.[7]
After serving in the military for some time, Kanievsky managed to get discharged. He decided to move toBiałystok inPoland, in order to continue learning Torah unhindered from Communist interference. There, he studied underAvraham Yoffen.
Kanievsky married Pesha Miriam Karelitz, the sister ofAvrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (known as theChazon Ish).[8]Kanievsky was then appointedrosh yeshiva of the Novarodok yeshiva inPinsk.[9]
In 1934, at the urging of his brother-in-law, theChazon Ish,[10] he left Poland and moved toIsrael, settling inBnei Brak,[11] and was appointedRosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Beis Yosef -Novardok in Bnei Brak.[citation needed]
He died on Friday night, 23Av, 5745 (1985), and over 150,000 mourners attended his funeral.[12] His sonChaim Kanievsky was also a rabbi.
Kanievsky believed theYom Kippur War was intentionally started as a means ofHerut gaining political popularity.[13]
Kanievsky strongly criticized thePoalei Agudat Yisrael party, calling it "of the parties who damage in the vineyard of the House of the Lord", and added: "When we be granted the salvation, this party will be on the side of those who ruin and destroyreligion."[14] On the leaders of the party, he wrote that they "corrupted and turned it into a distinct-materialistic party ... and they put venom of "אשר קרך" into their ranks"; and on its voters, he wrote that they "violate the name of God in secret and in multitude".[15]
In the1984 elections, he supportedShas.[citation needed]
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The "Kehilot Yaakov Street" in the "Merkaz Baalei Melacha" neighborhood ofBnei Brak was named after him, after he died, and the neighborhood was also renamed "Kehilot Yaakov". Acommunity in this neighborhood is called "Mishkenot Ya'akov", after him. In addition, the Yeshivat Kehilot Yaakov was established in his name, which was located inHazon Yehezkel and moved toModi'in Illit, as well as Yeshivat Tifereth Yisrael in theGivat Shaul neighborhood ofJerusalem. The name of the "Derech Emet"Talmud Torah inPetach Tikvah was changed to "Birchas Yaakov" after him, and the Talmud Torah network Tiferet Yaakov in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem is named after him.
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He also authoredBirkas Peretz (on theTorah) andChayei Olam. There are several volumes of letters, known asKaryana D'Igarta, and several volumes written by a disciple, Rabbi A Horowitz, that describe his daily life. These are known asOrchos Rabbeinu.
... Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899 - 1985)
Rabbi Kanievsky was an important figure and halachic authority (posek)
Steipler .. born in the Ukrainian town of Hornostaypil
In 1934, his brother in law, the Chazon Ish, who had already been living in Palestine for a while, urged Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael to join him.
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