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 last month, was thought of by several as the best rabbinical scholar of his era. His funeral was one particular of the major ever noticed in Israel and it now would seem that numerous are organized to fork out substantial quantities for the writings affiliated with his spiritual heritage, and this has sparked a dispute among the his heirs.

US extremely-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (alongside one another with his husband or wife Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing homes in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and lives in Monsey, New York has offered $7 million for the authentic writings of the commentaries revealed by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, in accordance to sources close to the make any difference. In the previous Scheiner was cited by the US media as an essential donor to former US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is very well known for his main donations to the once-a-year function in Uman of the Breslov haredi neighborhood.

Soon after the dying of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and presented to purchase the commentaries from the household. Just after negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a price of $7 million. However, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers had no awareness of the make any difference and only identified out by incident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute carried out discreetly in excess of the previous number of weeks. On the a single facet is Shaul Kanievsky who lives in the family members residence of his late father and is considered the foremost figure among 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 numerous textbooks with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was a lot 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 ended up astonished by this news and insist that their father normally mentioned that his inheritance would be bequeathed in accordance to Torah law. Rabbi Kanievsky had 8 small children – three sons and 5 daughters and in accordance to Torah regulation his inheritance should really be divided in between the three sons.

The absence of religion among 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 serious estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a near confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron collectively with Charles Bronfman had been the former 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 household for several a long time. On the one particular facet 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 more than the previous two decades 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 benefit combined with the household home in Bnei Brak signify that his estate is worth an believed tens of hundreds of thousands of bucks.

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

Released by Globes, Israel business information – en.globes.co.il – on April 28, 2022.

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