Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Wife: Who Is Batsheva Esther Kanievsky?

Batsheva Esther Kanievsky, known as Rebbetzin Kanievsky, was a well-known rebbetzin from Bnei Brak, Israel.

She was the wife of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, and the oldest daughter of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv of Jerusalem, who was known as “the greatest posek”. Her grandfather was Rabbi Aryeh Levin.

Several hundred people would visit her apartment every week. She never left Israel. She was known as a “miracle worker”.

She died on October 15, 2011 and more than 50,000 people attended her funeral.

Her late husband, Chain Kanievsky, received thousands of visits every year from Jews seeking religious and Halachic advice.

He was the official rabbi and spiritual guide for the non-profit organization Belev Echad, which was founded in Israel on 2011 and was dedicated to assist sick and disabled children and adults.

In his youth, he was known as a brilliant child prodigy who had a photographic memory for Torah and could elucidate complicated rabbinic teachings, despite his youth.

During the 1947–1949 Palestine war, Rabbi Kanievsky, then a student at the Lomza Yeshiva, was mobilized into the Israel Defense Forces. He was assigned to stand guard on a large hill near Jaffa.