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 past month, was viewed as by a lot of as the finest rabbinical scholar of his technology. His funeral was just one of the biggest ever viewed in Israel and it now appears to be that a lot of are prepared to pay out large quantities for the writings linked with his spiritual heritage, and this has sparked a dispute between his heirs.

US extremely-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (with each other with his spouse Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing homes in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and lives in Monsey, New York has provided $7 million for the first writings of the commentaries published by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, in accordance to sources near to the make any difference. In the past Scheiner was cited by the US media as an vital donor to previous US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is well acknowledged for his significant donations to the once-a-year celebration in Uman of the Breslov haredi group.

Right after the loss of life of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and available to obtain the commentaries from the spouse and children. After negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a price of $7 million. Nonetheless, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers experienced no knowledge of the make a difference and only found out by accident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute performed discreetly more than the past couple weeks. On the one facet is Shaul Kanievsky who lives in the spouse and children household of his late father and is regarded the primary figure among the late Rabbi Kanievsky’s followers, although pitted in opposition to him are his two older brothers Avraham Yeshayahu, who was also close to their father and wrote quite a few textbooks with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was significantly less concerned with his father’s followers.

Shaul Kanievsky has told his brothers that their father intended for him to be his sole heir. His two older brothers were being astonished by this information and insist that their father always mentioned that his inheritance would be bequeathed in accordance to Torah legislation. Rabbi Kanievsky had 8 children – 3 sons and 5 daughters and according to Torah regulation his inheritance really should be divided among the a few sons.

The lack of religion amongst the functions has led to an buy halting any sale of the late rabbi’s commentaries and the sides have turned to New York based serious estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a near confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron collectively with Charles Bronfman ended up the former controlling shareholders in Israel Price reduction Lender (TASE: DSCT).

The dispute has not only place the brothers at loggerheads but also two of the cousins who managed their grandfather’s home for a lot of many years. On the a single side 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 about the earlier two many years when he was filmed encouraging his gradfather to oppose Covid limitations in Yeshivot.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky lived modestly but his comprehensive writings and their benefit merged with the spouse and children property in Bnei Brak indicate that his estate is well worth an approximated tens of tens of millions of bucks.

The Kanievsky loved ones declined to remark on the dispute.

Revealed by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on April 28, 2022.

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