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Up to a million Israelis are expected to attend the funeral Sunday for the revered leader of Lithuanian Jewry, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. The rabbi passed away on Friday at age 94, in the hour ...

An auction house that planned to offer a pair of torn pants that belonged to a late venerated ultra-Orthodox rabbi has taken the item off its website. The pants once belonged to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, ...

Magen David Adom (MDA) teams are preparing to provide medical coverage for the hundreds of thousands who are expected to attend the funeral procession of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. The funeral will take ...

Something happened on Friday and I don’t think we truly grasp the enormity of it. I know I don’t. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky left us. He was 94. I feel like those who knew him or learned from him through ...

(JTA) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the powerful leader of Israel’s haredi Orthodox community who was known as the “Prince of Torah,” has died. Kanievsky was 94 and died after collapsing at his home in ...

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky was laid to rest on Sunday in an event that saw hundreds of thousands of people throng to Bnei Brak to pay their last respects to the influential Haredi scholar and leader.

(JTA) — A pair of pants coming up for auction are being described as “holy” — and not just because they’re a little torn. Rather, the pants once belonged to the late Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, an Israeli ...

Kanievsky was a skeptic of measures to contain the coronavirus in March but later ruled that his followers should not pray together. (JTA) – Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the foremost rabbinic leaders ...

A prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Israel has tested positive for COVID-19 having previously suggested that canceling Torah study is "more dangerous than the coronavirus" after breaking quarantine ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. Rabbi Chaim ...

The son of a major rabbi with familial connections to numerous famed rabbinic dynasties, Kanievsky was long respected but rose to new heights during the COVID-19 pandemic. (JTA) — Rabbi Chaim ...