נשבה ארון הקודש: מרן שר התורה הגאון רבי חיים קנייבסקי זצוק"ל

ניצחו האראלים את המצוקים ונשבה ארון הקודש  תורה תורה חגרי שק וכָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יִבְכּוּ אֶת הַשְּׂרֵפָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂרַף ה׳ 

Levaya will take place Sunday early noon in Bnei Brak. Crowd was told not to gather near the home over Shabbos at Rechov Rashbam. A Bitul Melacha was declared for Bnei Brak and all yeshivos will be closed until after the levaya. Hundreds of thousands expected to attend the city of Bnei Brak will be shut to all outside traffic.

עולם התורה באבל  Kalal yisrael all over the world is thrown into mourning on Shushan Purim with the petirah of Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky zatazl after he collapsed  today at his home in Bnei Brak at the age of 94. Born January 8, 1928 in Pinsk to Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler Gaon, and Rebbitzen Miriam Karelitz, sister of Rav Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, the Chazon Ish, Rav Chaim later married Batsheva Elyashiv, daughter of Rav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv In his youth, Rav Chaim was known as a brilliant child prodigy who had a photographic memory for Torah and later learned at the Lomza Yeshiva. Rav Chaim was the preeminent Torah authority of his day. His leadership and impact on the Torah world are are to put into words. (Matzav) The levaya is to take place Sunday morning. Police close off rechov Rashbam

Photo taken yesterday on Purim with his talmid Rav Y'M Druk

The Mitta lays in the study room 

Crowds gather on rechov Rashbam  in shock of hearing news of the petirah

  w   crowds told not to gather in front of home over shabbos

                      Announcing the petrirah on the streets of Yerushalayim where it is Purim today

   

Tearing kriah in Bnei Brak, since it is Purim those who live in Yerushalayim will do so on Sunday 

 

shofar blowing in front of the home on Rashbam street

Agudas YIsrael of America : Sar V’gadol Nafal Hayom Hazeh B’Yisroel

With broken hearts and tear-filled eyes we must share the terrible news of the petirah of Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zecher tzaddik v’kadosh l’verachah. Rav Chaim’s influence on the Torah world was unparalleled. He was known widely as the Sar HaTorah and was seen as the preeminent Torah authority and posek acharon for Klal Yisroel.

Mah nomar u’mah nedaber. Rav Chaim’s greatness cannot be captured in a few words; our loss is incalculable. This is a time for introspection, when each and every one of us should recognize the special achrayus we have to strengthen ourselves in Torah, to collectively fill in some small measure the terrible void created by the petirah of Maran Rav Chaim.

T’hei nishmaso tzerurah bitzror hachayim.

Rav Gershon Eidelstein shlita  reacts to the tragic news