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The couple had five sons and seven daughters. Six of their daughters married significant Rabbinic figures. During Elyashiv's lifetime, six of his children died. Two died in their youth: a son who died of illness as a child, and a daughter killed by Jordanian shelling in 1948. Four other children died
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In 2010, Rav Elyashiv published a letter criticizing the Shas Party for joining the World Zionist Organization (WZO). He wrote that the Party "is turning its back on the basics of Charedi Jewry of the past hundred years. He compared this move to the decision of the Mizrachi movement to join the WZO
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over the course of his lifetime. At the time of his death, he had approximately 1,400 descendants, including two sixth-generation descendants. He had seen the beginning of a sixth generation in 2009, when a grandson was born to one of his great-grandchildren.
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In contrast to his later positions vis a vis the State of Israel, Rav Elyashiv began his Rabbinic career as a judge in the government's religious court system, and was a protégé of Israel's
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asked Rav Elyashiv to join in the public leadership, and he acceded to his request. He came to the major public gatherings of Degel HaTorah, currently part of the umbrella
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resulting from questions asked of him over many years. Many of his ethical and sermonic comments on the Torah, most dating from the 1950s, were collected and published as
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movement frequently sought out his opinions and followed his advice and guidelines concerning a wide array of policy and communal issues affecting the welfare of
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including his comments and Halachic rulings was recently printed. Another work that includes his Halakhic rulings is titled "Yashiv Moshe".
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under the supervision of cardiology branch head Dan Tzivoni and his personal physician. He was admitted due to an acute condition of
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Picture of Rav Elyashiv deep in conversation with Grand Rav Mayer Alter HaLevi Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe Shlita
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area in Jerusalem where he lived. He received supplicants from all over the world, and answered the most complex
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The Halakhic rulings and sermonic insights of Rav Elyashiv have been recorded in several books. The 6 volume
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Elyashiv, R. Yosef Shalom (2010-01-22). "Nevelah Ne'esta B'Yisroel" [An Atrocity Done in Israel].
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In February 2012, the 101-year-old Rav was admitted into the cardiac intensive care unit of the
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in 1922, aged 12. He was an only child, born to his parents after 17 years of marriage.
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which was the deciding factor in their separation from "authentic Torah Judaism."
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after a late-night funeral procession that attracted an estimated 250,000 people.
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and congestion in the heart. He died on 18 July 2012, aged 102, and was buried on
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Born in 1910 at Šiauliai, Yosef Shalom Elyashiv arrived with his parents in
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House of Nobility, Humble Abode: Rav Elyashiv and His Torah Dynasty
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In 1989, upon the establishment of the religious political party
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His Talmudic insights were printed in the 18 volume series of
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Yossi Elituv, editor of the influential ultra-Orthodox paper
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Video footage of Chassidic Rebbes meeting with Rav Elyashiv
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Who was Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv? -Aish.com biography
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Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy; Shar, Jeremy (8 February 2012).
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Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy; Shar, Jeremy (18 July 2012).
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Nisan
AM
Hebrew calendar
Šiauliai
Russian Empire
Lithuania
Tamuz
AM
Hebrew calendar
Judaism
Israeli
Batsheva Esther
Chaim Kanievsky
Yosef Yisraelson
Elchonon Berlin
Yitzchok Zilberstein
Ezriel Auerbach
Binyomin Rimmer
Avraham Elyashiv
Orthodox Judaism

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Degel HaTorah
Hebrew
Haredi
rabbi
posek
Jewish law
Jerusalem

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