Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rabbi_Avraham_Yeshayahu_Karelitz

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Talmud gptkb:rabbi Halachic authority
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Chazon_Ish
gptkbp:birthDate	1878
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Kosava,_Belarus
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Bnei_Brak
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Chazon_Ish_Street_in_Bnei_Brak gptkb:Chazon_Ish_Synagogue_in_Bnei_Brak
gptkbp:correspondedWith	gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_Ozer_Grodzinski gptkb:Rabbi_Elchonon_Wasserman gptkb:Rabbi_Yitzhak_Herzog
gptkbp:deathDate	1953
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Bnei_Brak,_Israel
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:Judaism gptkb:Talmud Halacha
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
gptkbp:influenced	Orthodox Judaism Israeli religious society
gptkbp:knownFor	Halachic rulings Support for religious education Leadership in Haredi community Opposition to secular Zionism
gptkbp:legacy	Chazon Ish Yeshiva named after him Founder of Bnei Brak as a Torah center Major influence on Haredi Judaism in Israel
gptkbp:movedTo	gptkb:Mandatory_Palestine gptkb:Bnei_Brak
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Israeli Belarusian
gptkbp:neverHeldOfficialRabbinicPosition	true
gptkbp:noChildren	true
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Chazon_Ish_(commentary_series)
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Rabbi_Shmaryahu_Yosef_Karelitz gptkb:Rochel_Leah_Karelitz
gptkbp:sibling	gptkb:Rabbi_Meir_Karelitz gptkb:Rabbi_Moshe_Karelitz
gptkbp:signature	Chazon Ish on Jewish philosophy Chazon Ish on Mishna Chazon Ish on Shulchan Aruch Chazon Ish on Talmud
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Bashe_Bei
gptkbp:teacherOf	gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_Kanievsky gptkb:Rabbi_Yaakov_Yisrael_Kanievsky
gptkbp:yearOfAliyah	1933
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_Yehuda_Kanievsky gptkb:Rabbi_Moshe_Karelitz
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6