Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rabbi_Yaakov_Yisrael_Kanievsky
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:rabbi
religious leader
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:the_Steipler_Gaon
gptkbp:birthDate 1899
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Bnei_Brak,_Israel
gptkbp:child gptkb:Chaim_Kanievsky
gptkbp:deathDate 1985
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bnei_Brak,_Israel
gptkbp:denomination Haredi
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Mandatory_Palestine
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Yaakov_Yisrael_Kanievsky
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chaim_Kanievsky
Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Avraham_Yeshaya_Karelitz
gptkbp:knownFor Talmudic scholarship
halachic rulings
leadership in Bnei Brak
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkbp:legacy his works are widely studied
influential in Haredi Judaism
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Red_Army_(briefly,_during_World_War_I)
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Lithuanian_Judaism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Israeli
Ukrainian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Chaim_Kanievsky
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Birchas_Peretz
gptkb:Kehillos_Yaakov
gptkbp:position gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:rabbi
position
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:Bnei_Brak,_Israel
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Avraham_Yeshaya_Karelitz
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Miriam_Karelitz
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies in Haredi literature
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Chaim_Kanievsky
many students in Bnei Brak
gptkbp:title gptkb:town
gptkb:Steipler_Gaon
Rav
gptkbp:yeshivaAttended gptkb:Novardok_Yeshiva
gptkb:Yeshiva_in_Homel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orthodox_Judaism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4