Rabbi Kanievsky’s sons embroiled in bitter inheritance dispute
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the de-facto head in Israel of the Lithuanian branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, who died final thirty day period, was considered by lots of as the biggest rabbinical scholar of his era. His funeral was a single of the most significant ever observed in Israel and it now looks that many are ready to pay out massive quantities for the writings affiliated with his religious heritage, and this has sparked a dispute amid his heirs.

US ultra-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (alongside one another with his spouse Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing properties in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and lives in Monsey, New York has made available $7 million for the first writings of the commentaries published by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, according to resources near to the matter. In the previous Scheiner was cited by the US media as an significant donor to former US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is perfectly regarded for his main donations to the once-a-year event in Uman of the Breslov haredi neighborhood.

Immediately after the loss of life of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and available to purchase the commentaries from the spouse and children. After negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a charge of $7 million. On the other hand, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers had no awareness of the make a difference and only found out by incident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute conducted discreetly in excess of the earlier few weeks. On the a person facet is Shaul Kanievsky who lives in the family property of his late father and is regarded as the leading determine amongst the late Rabbi Kanievsky’s followers, while pitted towards him are his two older brothers Avraham Yeshayahu, who was also shut to their father and wrote numerous textbooks with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was considerably less concerned with his father’s followers.

Shaul Kanievsky has explained to his brothers that their father meant for him to be his sole heir. His two more mature brothers were astonished by this information and insist that their father constantly stated that his inheritance would be bequeathed in accordance to Torah regulation. Rabbi Kanievsky had eight small children – three sons and 5 daughters and according to Torah law his inheritance should be divided between the three sons.

The absence of faith concerning the events has led to an buy halting any sale of the late rabbi’s commentaries and the sides have turned to New York based mostly authentic estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a close confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron collectively with Charles Bronfman were being the previous managing shareholders in Israel Low cost Financial institution (TASE: DSCT).

The dispute has not only put the brothers at loggerheads but also two of the cousins who managed their grandfather’s house for many many years. On the just one aspect is Aryeh Kanievsky, the son of Avraham Yeshayahu, and on the other aspect Yanki Kanievsky, the son of Shaul, who featured prominently in the Israeli media in excess of the previous two yrs when he was filmed encouraging his gradfather to oppose Covid constraints in Yeshivot.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky lived modestly but his in depth writings and their price merged with the relatives home in Bnei Brak indicate that his estate is worthy of an believed tens of tens of millions of bucks.

The Kanievsky family declined to remark on the dispute.

Posted by Globes, Israel organization information – en.globes.co.il – on April 28, 2022.

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