Chaim Kanievsky
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Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: חיים קנייבסקי) is a Haredi rabbi and posek ("decisor of Jewish law") living in Bnei Brak, Israel.
He is the author of several works of Jewish law, such as Derech Emuna ("The Path of Faith"), on agricultural laws and Shoneh Halakhoth (a systematic presentation of the popular work Mishnah Berurah). His Halakhic rulings regarding prayer are recorded in Ishei Yisroel.
He is the son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (the Steipler Gaon). He is the son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, and nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (the Chazon Ish), all prominent halakhic authorities of the 20th century.
Rabbi Kanievsky is known to refrain from engaging in politics. Thousands of people visit him yearly to ask him all kinds of questions.