March 20, 2022

Israel’s final ‘Prince of Torah’ dies; u201cLast signpost before Messiahu201d, according to Talmud

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Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, this generation’s preeminent Torah leader and known among the Haredim “the Prince of Torah,” passed away on Friday during Shushan Purim at 94. Born in Poland in 1928, Rabbi Kanievsky moved to Israel with his family when he was six years old and never left the country. Largest in Israel’s history Police expect his funeral in Bnei Brak at noon on Sunday to be the largest in Israel’s history. Some estimates place the expected attendance of the funeral at one million people. Despite Jewish law stating it is customary to bury the dead on the day they...

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Israel’s final ‘Prince of Torah’ dies; u201cLast signpost before Messiahu201d, according to Talmud

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