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The 9 Days
9 Days Danger Maran zt”l was asked whether it is permissible to go to the beach or to the pool in the 9 Days? And he replied: “It’s a danger.” 9 Days Flight One of Maran’s associates, zt”l, consulted with Maran z”l whether to go abroad, for an important matter that would bring great benefit…
Read More18 Eclectic Q&As With HaGaon HaRav Shaya Kanievsky Shlita
HaGaon HaRav Avrohom Yishayahu Kanievsky shlita is Maran Rav Chaim zatzal’s son and was meshamesh him for many years. A Rav is asked a question, but he knows that the person asking the question will not listen to him. Should he avoid answering the question and “lessen” the severity of his not listening or should…
Read Moreצפו: פירוש נפלא מפיו של רבינו שר התורה זיע”א לפרשת קורח
נדיר ומיוחד: עשר דקות ברצף – מרן שר התורה הגאון רבי חיים קניבסקי זיע”א בלימוד התורה
מורינו הגאון רבי אברהם ישעיה קניבסקי שליט”א בתפילת ער”ח סיון בציון רב אבדימי דמן חיפה
Rav Chaim zatzal on Lag BaOmer
A question was posed to Maran Rav Chaim zatzal regarding Lag BaOmer: What exactly is the joy that on Lag BaOmer the students of Rabbi Akiva ceased dying? They were all gone – there were no more left! That’s why they stopped dying. Rav Chaim answered: Most of them died, but a minority were left. …
Read MoreBroken Engagements
Reb Naftali Weinberg in his Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Shidduchim had posed a queestion to Maran Sar HaTorah about whether one may ask a Shadchan to return the shadchanus if the engagement was broken. Rav Chaim zatzal ruled that one may not. Broken engagements are never a pleasant item of discussion, and there are often…
Read MoreRav Chaim zatzal on Wedding Costs
It is well-known that wedding expenses are one of the most enormous costs that parents can have. Reb Naftali Weinberger shlita (printed in his new Sefer, “Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Shidduchim” posed a number of questions on wedding expenses to Rav Chaim. Below are a number of those questions: At what point should parents start…
Read MoreMaran Rav Chaim zt”l and More on Younger Siblings and Shidduchim
It was why Yaakov Avinu married Leah prior to his marrying Rochel, and it is something that comes up over and over again. Yet, notwithstanding its frequency, people have only vague ideas of when it is okay for a younger sibling to marry first and when it is not. Some people wonder about the actual…
Read MoreRav Shaya Kanievsky shlita, son of Rav Chaim zt”l, and the Nais Nuchal
It was a week after the end of the shiva of Maran Sar HaTorah Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal. According to an Orchot Yosher administrator, an Avreich knocked upon the door of Rav Shaya Kanievsky Shlita, the eldest son of Rav Chaim. He asked to enter to speak with Rav Shaya. My wife is about to…
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