Rabbi Kanievsky’s sons embroiled in bitter inheritance dispute
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the de-facto head in Israel of the Lithuanian department of extremely-Orthodox Judaism, who died last month, was regarded as by lots of as the finest rabbinical scholar of his generation. His funeral was a single of the biggest at any time found in Israel and it now appears that quite a few are prepared to pay out massive amounts for the writings involved with his spiritual heritage, and this has sparked a dispute among his heirs.

US extremely-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (together with his lover Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing homes in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and life in Monsey, New York has available $7 million for the original writings of the commentaries revealed by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, in accordance to resources near to the subject. In the earlier Scheiner was cited by the US media as an important donor to former US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is very well identified for his significant donations to the annual celebration in Uman of the Breslov haredi community.

Soon after the death of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and provided to obtain the commentaries from the family. Just after negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a charge of $7 million. Having said that, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers experienced no information of the issue and only found out by incident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute executed discreetly more than the previous number of weeks. On the a person side is Shaul Kanievsky who life in the loved ones home of his late father and is thought of the foremost determine amongst the late Rabbi Kanievsky’s followers, even though pitted in opposition to him are his two older brothers Avraham Yeshayahu, who was also shut to their father and wrote various guides with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was less involved with his father’s followers.

Shaul Kanievsky has advised his brothers that their father meant for him to be his sole heir. His two more mature brothers were being astonished by this news and insist that their father normally said that his inheritance would be bequeathed according to Torah regulation. Rabbi Kanievsky experienced 8 children – three sons and five daughters and in accordance to Torah law his inheritance need to be divided involving the three sons.

The lack of faith involving the get-togethers has led to an get halting any sale of the late rabbi’s commentaries and the sides have turned to New York centered real estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a near confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron with each other with Charles Bronfman were being the previous managing shareholders in Israel Discounted Financial institution (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 many decades. On the a person aspect is Aryeh Kanievsky, the son of Avraham Yeshayahu, and on the other facet Yanki Kanievsky, the son of Shaul, who showcased prominently in the Israeli media in excess of the earlier two many years when he was filmed encouraging his gradfather to oppose Covid constraints in Yeshivot.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky lived modestly but his considerable writings and their benefit merged with the household residence in Bnei Brak mean that his estate is well worth an approximated tens of tens of millions of pounds.

The Kanievsky spouse and children declined to comment on the dispute.

Published by Globes, Israel company information – en.globes.co.il – on April 28, 2022.

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