BDE Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT"L

[TimT]

There are 3 maspidim scheduled to speak at the levaya: His brother-in-law Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, his talmid Rav Eliyahu Mann, and Rav Gershon Edelstein, rosh yeshiva of Ponovez. Rav Moshe Bauer will recite Tehillim.

[yitzgar]

Is someone speaking or is the sound system just not working?

[tavster]

Is someone speaking or is the sound system just not working?

Sound works for me
Rabbi Yitshok speaking

[yitzgar]

Sound works for me
Rabbi Yitshok speaking

Before when they announced Rav Gershon I think his mike wasn't working so they called up R' Yitzchok instead

[jfish227]

whats all the pushing now?

[yuneeq]

Just tuned in. Can’t believe I’m watching people getting crushed in real time. Just saw someone that was getting trampled get rescued.

[zh cohen]

Also Mishna berura + shulchan aruch?

Presumably Mishna Berura was part of learning shulchan aruch.

Which would explain

both at the same pace?

[sds1493]

Presumably Mishna Berura was part of learning shulchan aruch.

Which would explain

Except that MB is only on one out of four section of Shulchan Aruch.

[TimT]

whats all the pushing now?

The shoving at the end is in the cemetery. The way it was going single file past graves & everyone was bending down it appears they were allowing people to pass his grave. They’re pulling people up & away to keep things moving.

[zh cohen]

Except that MB is only on one out of four section of Shulchan Aruch.

That's exactly my point. I imagine that MB was not a separate limud, but one of the נו"כ he learned on shulchan aruch.

[koplonko]

Anyone know how many simanim there are in shulchan aruch? And how many days in a year? And multiply days x 10 simanim, tell me what you get.
This guy put together a list that was never even meant to be real
And no one wrote שו"ע וטור. It's טור ושו"ע.
And countless other miscounts and hacks

[yelped]

Approximately 10 years I went to visit Rav Chaim with my in laws. My chavrusa gave me a note with a few names to pray for, including his father-in-law and his former Rosh Yeshiva.

When I got there, we went in 1 at a time. When it was my turn I gave him my friends note and stood there while he read them. Out of nowhere, Rav Chaim yelled out loudly that everyone outside could hear: “Rachmana Litzlan!!” Not something you ever want to hear.

When we got back I didn’t tell my friend as I didn’t know which name he was reading, it could be painful to hear.

Later that year, I saw a street sign announcing that my chavrusa’s former Rosh Yeshiva passed away.

Real Rebbishe story.

[YitzyS]

R’ Yitzchok Zilberstein writes in his sefer Aleinu Leshabeach that once, R’ Chaim was uncertain about some features of a certain type of grasshopper that came up in his studies. A short while later, he looked up and noticed a grasshopper had landed inside his room. After some scrutiny, he was able to see that this was the species of grasshopper he was contemplating earlier. He searched for the details he needed, and it departed.

(A similar story is said to have occurred with Rashi regarding the details of the Eiphod).

After R’ Yitzchok (his brother-in-law) told someone this story in shul, the man expressed skepticism that the story was plausible. When the fellow went home, he found his apartment infested with grasshoppers..

Incredible video of Rebbetzin Kanievsky relating the story with more details: https://hefkervelt.blogspot.com/2022/03/what-rav-elyashiv-said-about-reb-chaim.html#more

[EliJelly]

[aygart]

How a person who probably valued time more than anyone else in the world somehow made time for everyone. My wife and I were zoche to see him 3 weeks ago and he must have had thousands of other people visit since then.

[JlmBoi]

Real Rebbishe story.

Running theme. A first of sorts for the Litvishe world.

[yelped]

Running theme. A first of sorts for the Litvishe world.

@yuneeq Do you remember what it said in the kvittel? Did it say anything other than a standard kvittel (name, mother's name, and לרפואה שלימה)?

[JlmBoi]

@yuneeq Do you remember what it said in the kvittel? Did it say anything other than a standard kvittel (name, mother's name, and לרפואה שלימה)?

There were similar stories about other Litvishe gedolim (the Chazon Ish comes to mind). What was a first here was the marketing.

[Euclid]

There were similar stories about other Litvishe gedolim (the Chazon Ish comes to mind). What was a first here was the marketing.

https://twitter.com/HasidicA/status/1505410342138130437
*weak

[JlmBoi]

https://twitter.com/HasidicA/status/1505410342138130437
*weak

Add money "management" to the resume.