Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky

Rabbi
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
Personal life
Born
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי

1899
Died10 August 1985(1985-08-10) (aged 85–86)
Spouse(Pesaha) Miriam Karelitz
ChildrenChaim Kanievsky
Parent(s)Chaim Peretz and Bracha Kanievsky
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
BuriedShomrei Shabbos cemetery, Bnei Brak

Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (Hebrew: יעקב ישראל קַנִיֶּבְסְקִי), known as The Steipler or The Steipler Gaon (1899 – 10 August 1985), was a Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and posek (decider of Jewish law in new situations), and the author of Kehilos Yaakov, a 19-volume commentary on the Talmud.