Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz zt"l

הרב אברהם ישעיה בן שמריהו יוסף קרליץ זצ"ל

Cheshvan 15 , 5714

Known As: Chazon Ish

Father's Name: Shmaryohu Yosef Karelitz

Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, the Chazon Ish, was educated by his father, the Av Bais Din in Kosova, Poland (near Grodno). His first work on several parts of the Shulchon Aruch was published anonymously in Vilna in 1911 under the title Chazon Ish, by which name he became known. He moved to Vilna about 1920 and moved to Eretz Yisrael in 1933, settling in Bnei Brak. Upon his arrival in Eretz Yisrael, he devoted vast amounts of time and energy to Seder Zero’im, which deals mainly with laws pertaining to the Land, to answer the many Halachic problems inherent to a life in Eretz Yisrael consistent with Torah.