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Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Belarusian-born Israeli haredi rabbi
Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz | |
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| Born | (1878-11-07)7 November 1878 Kosava, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 October 1953(1953-10-24) (aged 74) Bnei Brak, Israel |
| Spouse | Bashe Bei |
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| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Religion | Judaism |
Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz (7 November 1878 – 24 October 1953), also known as the Chazon Ish (Hebrew: החזון איש) after his magnum opus, was a Belarusian-born Orthodoxrabbi who later became one of the leaders of Haredi Judaism in Israel, where he spent his final 20 years, from 1933 to 1953.
Biography
Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz was born in Kosava, in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Brest Region, Belarus), the son of Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz, the rabbi of Kosava; his mother was Rasha Leah,[1]: p.29 the da
