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 thirty day period, was deemed by many as the biggest rabbinical scholar of his technology. His funeral was a person of the largest ever noticed in Israel and it now appears to be that numerous are geared up to spend big quantities for the writings involved with his non secular heritage, and this has sparked a dispute between his heirs.

US ultra-Orthodox businessman Eliezer (Louis) Scheiner, who owns (together with his companion Teddy Lichtenstein) a chain of dozens of nursing houses in Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida and life in Monsey, New York has made available $7 million for the authentic writings of the commentaries printed by Rabbi Kanievsky’s on the Jerusalem Talmud, according to sources shut to the make any difference. In the earlier Scheiner was cited by the US media as an critical donor to former US President Donald Trump. In Israel he is nicely recognized for his key donations to the once-a-year party in Uman of the Breslov haredi local community.

Right after the dying of Rabbi Kanievsky, Scheiner approached his son Shaul and made available to acquire the commentaries from the spouse and children. After negotiations with Shaul Kanievsky, they agreed a payment of $7 million. On the other hand, Shaul Kanievsky’s brothers experienced no information of the make a difference and only uncovered out by incident.

This discovery has resulted in an acrimonious inheritance dispute carried out discreetly about the past couple weeks. On the one facet is Shaul Kanievsky who lives in the household residence of his late father and is considered the foremost figure among the late Rabbi Kanievsky’s followers, when pitted in opposition to him are his two more mature brothers Avraham Yeshayahu, who was also near to their father and wrote various publications with him and Shlomo, the head of the Kiryat Melekh Yeshiva who was much less associated with his father’s followers.

Shaul Kanievsky has informed his brothers that their father supposed for him to be his sole heir. His two more mature brothers have been astonished by this information and insist that their father generally reported that his inheritance would be bequeathed according to Torah law. Rabbi Kanievsky experienced eight children – a few sons and 5 daughters and in accordance to Torah law his inheritance need to be divided involving the three sons.

The absence of faith involving the parties has led to an buy halting any sale of the late rabbi’s commentaries and the sides have turned to New York primarily based actual estate tycoon and philanthropist Rubin Schron, a close confidante of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, to mediate. Schron jointly with Charles Bronfman had been the previous controlling shareholders in Israel Price cut Lender (TASE: DSCT).

The dispute has not only put the brothers at loggerheads but also two of the cousins who managed their grandfather’s home for lots of many years. On the 1 facet is Aryeh Kanievsky, the son of Avraham Yeshayahu, and on the other facet Yanki Kanievsky, the son of Shaul, who featured prominently in the Israeli media over the earlier two decades when he was filmed encouraging his gradfather to oppose Covid limits in Yeshivot.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky lived modestly but his in depth writings and their value combined with the household home in Bnei Brak mean that his estate is worthy of an believed tens of millions of pounds.

The Kanievsky family declined to remark on the dispute.

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

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