Talit Katan with Tzitzit of R. Hayyim Kanievsky, Bnai Berak 20 th cent. 
טלית קטן עם הציצית של ה"ר חיים קניבסקי - Manuscript
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- Lot Number 53334
- Title (English) Talit Katan with Tzitzit of R. Hayyim Kanievsky
- Title (Hebrew) טלית קטן עם הציצית של ה"ר חיים קניבסקי
- Note Religous Article
- City Bnai Berak
- Publication Date 20th century
- Estimated Price - Low 1,000
- Estimated Price - High 3,000
- Item # 2364009
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Physical Description
The tzitzit affixed to new cloth with authentication by his grandson, R. Gedaliah Honigsberg in ink.
Detail Description
The tzitzit from a talit katan of R. Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (1928-2022) affixed to a new talit katan cloth. Indeed the tzitzit are the original tzitzit that Reb Chaim blessed and kissed each morning.
R. Knievsky was a great rabbinic scholar, posek, and a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society. R. Kanievsky was born in Pinsk to R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (also known as the Steipler Gaon) and Rebbitzen Miriam Karelitz, sister of R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (also known as the Chazon Ish). He married Batsheva, daughter of R. Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (grandson of Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, also known as the Leshem) and granddaughter of R. Aryeh Levin.
During the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, R. Kanievsky, then a student at the Lomza Yeshiva, was conscripted for temporary army service in the general mobilization. He was assigned to stand guard on a large hill near Jaffa.
Rav Chaim's wife died in 2011. He received thousands of visitors every year from Jews seeking religious advice. R. Kanievsky was the official rabbi and spiritual guide for the nonprofit organization Belev Echad which was founded in Israel on 2011 and is dedicated to assist sick and disabled children and adults.
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Reference
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