Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the de-facto head in Israel of the Lithuanian branch of extremely-Orthodox Judaism, who died previous month, was regarded by several as the greatest rabbinical scholar of his era. His funeral was just one of the most significant at any time viewed in Israel and it now appears that quite a few are prepared to shell out massive quantities for the writings affiliated with his non secular heritage, and this has sparked a dispute between his heirs.

US ultra-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (collectively with his husband or wife Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing houses in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and lives in Monsey, New York has supplied $7 million for the primary writings of the commentaries revealed by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, according to resources near to the issue. In the earlier Scheiner was cited by the US media as an significant donor to previous US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is very well known for his big donations to the once-a-year celebration in Uman of the Breslov haredi neighborhood.

Following the loss of life of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and supplied to purchase the commentaries from the spouse and children. After negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a payment of $7 million. Nonetheless, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers experienced no understanding of the matter and only observed out by incident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute performed discreetly about the earlier couple of weeks. On the 1 side is Shaul Kanievsky who life in the loved ones dwelling of his late father and is regarded the major determine between the late Rabbi Kanievsky’s followers, although pitted in opposition to him are his two more mature brothers Avraham Yeshayahu, who was also shut to their father and wrote several books with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was fewer included with his father’s followers.

Shaul Kanievsky has explained to his brothers that their father supposed for him to be his sole heir. His two older brothers were astonished by this news and insist that their father usually stated that his inheritance would be bequeathed according to Torah law. Rabbi Kanievsky experienced eight young children – 3 sons and 5 daughters and in accordance to Torah legislation his inheritance ought to be divided among the a few sons.

The absence of faith in between the get-togethers has led to an order halting any sale of the late rabbi’s commentaries and the sides have turned to New York based mostly real estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a shut confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron with each other with Charles Bronfman were being the previous controlling shareholders in Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT).

The dispute has not only set the brothers at loggerheads but also two of the cousins who managed their grandfather’s household for numerous many years. On the one particular side is Aryeh Kanievsky, the son of Avraham Yeshayahu, and on the other aspect Yanki Kanievsky, the son of Shaul, who highlighted prominently in the Israeli media about the previous two decades when he was filmed encouraging his gradfather to oppose Covid limits in Yeshivot.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky lived modestly but his substantial writings and their benefit combined with the spouse and children dwelling in Bnei Brak suggest that his estate is well worth an approximated tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Kanievsky loved ones declined to remark on the dispute.

Posted by Globes, Israel company news – en.globes.co.il – on April 28, 2022.

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