RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chaim Kanievsky

1928 - 2022

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Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Known as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish law. Though Kanievsky held no formal community-wide post, he was the de facto head of the Litvak community of Haredi Judaism, revered as a consummate scholar of Jewish law and tradition, with unimpeachable rulings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaim Kanievsky is the 2,513th most popular religious figure (down from 2,100th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Belarus (down from 108th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belarusian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 2,513 out of 3,187. Before him are Antony II of Constantinople, Antje Jackelén, Jón Ögmundsson, Amalberga of Maubeuge, Guido del Mestri, and Thomas Kingo. After him are Sérgio da Rocha, Rupert Mayer, Proterius of Alexandria, Maironis, Amatus of Montecassino, and Ibas of Edessa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 332. Before him are Amotz Zahavi, Karl Mai, Angus Ogilvy, Bill Mollison, Luciano De Crescenzo, and Károly Sándor. After him are Belaid Abdessalam, Eeva Kilpi, Carl Dahlhaus, Bob Crane, Frank Rosenblatt, and Yoshiro Nakamatsu. Among people deceased in 2022, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 299. Before him are Boris Melnikov, Technoblade, Herbert Achternbusch, Henk Groot, Steinar Amundsen, and Joseph Raz. After him are Pharoah Sanders, Hugo Fernández, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Carmela Corren, Vira Vovk, and Michael Sela.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 131 out of 368. Before him are Lev Schnirelmann (1905), Alexander Chervyakov (1892), Mikhail Yegorov (1923), Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942), Bryachislav of Polotsk (997), and Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569). After him are Galina Lukashenko (1955), Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909), Moisei Ginzburg (1892), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Sergei Loznitsa (1964), and Sergei Sidorsky (1954).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belarus

Among religious figures born in Belarus, Chaim Kanievsky ranks 5. Before him are Vilna Gaon (1720), Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789), Michael Rohoza (1540), and Kirill of Turov (1130). After him are Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838), Tadevuš Kandrusievič (1946), and Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884).

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