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Rabbi
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
Personal
Born
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי
1899
Hornostaypil, Ukraine
Died
10 August 1985(1985-08-10) (aged 85–86)[1]
Bnei Brak
Religion
Judaism
Spouse
(Pesaha) Miriam Karelitz
Children
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
Parent(s)
Rabbi Chaim Peretz and Bracha Kanievsky
Buried
Shomrei Shabbos cemetery, Bnei Brak
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (Hebrew: יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי), known as The Steipler or The Steipler Gaon (1899 – 10 August 1985),[2][3]
was a Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and posek[4]
("decisor" of Jewish law), and the author of Kehilos Yaakov, "a multi-volume[5] Talmudic commentary".
[6]
^"Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler". 17 June 1899. ... Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899 - 1985)
^"Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (The Steipler) (1899-1985)". JewishVirtualLibrary.org.
^Marek Cejka; Roman Koran (2015). Rabbis of our Time: Authorities of Judaism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317605447. Rabbi Kanievsky was an important figure and halachic authority (posek)
^19 volumes
^"Jewish History: Av 23". AISH.com. 21 May 2009.
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