Grandparents Avrohom Elyashiv | Parents Yosef Shalom Eliashiv Name Batsheva Kanievsky | |
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Birth name Batsheva Esther Eliashiv Children Chana Steinman,Leah Koledetski,Rabbi Avraham Yeshayah Kanievsky,Rutie Tzivion,Rabbi Shlomo Kanievsky,Brachah Braverman,Deena Epstein,Rabbi Yitzchak Shaul (Shuki) Kanievsky | ||
Place of burial Bnei Brak, Israel | ||
Rav Chaim Kanievsky & Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky Visiting Rav Elyashiv Zt''l
Batsheva Esther Kanievsky (Hebrew: בת-שבע קנייבסקי; February 1, 1932 – October 15, 2011) 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, known as "the greatest posek", or halakhic decisor, of Jerusalem. 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", and more than 50,000 people attended her funeral.
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