Nissim Karelitz
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Rabbi Nissim Karelitz is the chairman of the beis din tzedek (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak.
He is one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world and one of the most important leaders of the Lithuanian Haredi world, together with Rabbi Yosef Sholom Eliashiv
and Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner.
His beis din (rabbinical court) handles all kinds of matters, such as financial disputes, marriage conflicts, and conversions.
Rabbi Karelitz is a nephew of Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (the Chazon Ish). The Chazon Ish was a previous rabbinical spiritual leader of Bnei Brak. From the time of the Chazon Ish until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz it was Rav Elazar Shach
who was regarded as the pre-eminent leader.
He is also a member of the Vaad Halacha (Jewish legal council) of the Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital of Bnei Brak and the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of the Bnei Brak neighborhood of Ramat Aharon.
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv is a Haredi rabbi and posek who lives in Jerusalem, Israel.At the age of , Elyashiv is active and remains the paramount leader of both Israel and the Diaspora Lithuanian-Haredi community, and many Ashkenazi Jews regard him as the posek ha-dor, the contemporary leading...
and Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner.
His beis din (rabbinical court) handles all kinds of matters, such as financial disputes, marriage conflicts, and conversions.
Rabbi Karelitz is a nephew of Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (the Chazon Ish). The Chazon Ish was a previous rabbinical spiritual leader of Bnei Brak. From the time of the Chazon Ish until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz it was Rav Elazar Shach
Elazar Shach
Elazar Menachem Man Shach also spelt Eliezer Schach, was a leading Lithuanian-born and educated Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. He also served as one of three co-deans of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak along with Rabbis Shmuel Rozovsky and Dovid Povarsky...
who was regarded as the pre-eminent leader.
He is also a member of the Vaad Halacha (Jewish legal council) of the Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital of Bnei Brak and the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of the Bnei Brak neighborhood of Ramat Aharon.