Rav Chaim Kanievsky (1)

Rav Chaim Kanievsky (January 8, 1928 - present), whose full name is Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky, is the son of the famed Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky ("the Steipler"). Rav Chaim Kanievsky has been living in Bnei Brak, Israel all his life. His wife, Bas Sheva, was the daughter of the gadol hador, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, and granddaughter of the Tzaddik of Yerushalayim, Rav Aryeh Levin.

He is a unique personality and considered by most to be our generation's greatest scholar and Halachic Posek. Rav Chaim Kanievsky receives literally hundreds of queries in person and in the mail every single week from every corner of the globe in every topic under the sun. Every Erev Passover Rav Kanievsky makes a festive meal celebrating his annual completion of the entire Torah, including the entire Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, and many other seforim.

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