An Urgent Call to Pray for Rav Kanievsky

 An Urgent Call to Pray for Rav Kanievsky

What I am going to share is widely known but not publicized in the media.

The media has been reporting many rulings in the name of Rav Chaim Kanievsky. These reports are generally accompanied by a picture of Rav Chaim slouched in a chair, his eyes closed, surrounded by people who look like pious Jews, and a representative of Israel's Ministry of “Health” dutifully wearing a surgical mask for added effect. These pictures are intended to lend credence to the ruling that is being reported in his name. People met with Rav Chaim, took a picture, and reported what he said! All must heed these words!

Did Rav Chaim really say what they claim he said? Did Rav Chaim say anything at all? Was Rav Chaim even awake during the meeting? We are not supposed to ask these questions, let alone doubt the truth of what is being reported. This would render someone crazy and going against “Da'as Torah”, despite the fact that these are essential questions. If we only know that Rav Chaim gave a ruling because an unnamed person, who cannot even be questioned himself, issued a statement to the media to that effect, how can that ruling be considered authoritative, binding, and “Da'as Torah”?

Many people have reported that Rav Chaim can barely speak anymore. He is 93 years old and in frail health. He is no longer capable of writing elaborate Torah rulings or giving public discourses. It stretches the limits of the imagination to believe that Rav Chaim is issuing rulings of any kind, let alone the quotes being attributed to him in the media. There are no recordings of Rav Chaim making these statements, which is difficult to believe considering the importance of these “rulings” and the ease with which those meeting with him can record the meetings.

Somehow all we have are still photos underneath a headline, followed by quotes attributed to Rav Chaim. No actual rulings from his lips. No letters written and signed by him. This is Torah? This is credible?

People who get their news from media sites such as the Jerusalem Post, the Times of Israel, Arutz Sheva, the Jewish Press, and The Yeshiva World are generally uninformed about what is really going on inside Rav Chaim's small home. These media reports are all the same. Their reporters are not in the room. No one from these media outlets is asking questions or investigating the veracity of the story. They are told what to report, and they report it. And because it appears on a media site, most people believe it. It simply has to be true.

It is widely known within the so-called Ultra Orthodox world – especially among those who do not get their information from the Internet – that rulings reported in the name of Rav Chaim are not authentic. Those who have personally visited Rav Chaim, or received first-hand reports from people who have, know that the truth is very different from what is reported in the media.

Rav Chaim Kanievsky is a hostage. Those who manage to visit Rav Chaim these days are essentially visiting an inmate at a prison. An inmate at a prison is not free to receive visitors of his choosing whenever he wants. Who may visit him, and when, and for how long, and under what conditions, are all determined by prison authorities. The visits are tightly monitored by prison authorities. You cannot have a private moment with the inmate or record the meeting. When you visit a prison inmate, for the duration of the visit you are essentially a prisoner as well; in the prison you have no freedom.

This is exactly what it is like to visit Rav Chaim Kanievsky, only this is a maximum security prison in the guise of a Bnei Brak apartment. There is very tight security, many cameras, and it is almost impossible to make a move without someone – including government operatives – watching. You cannot sit down with Rav Chaim and have a conversation about possible adverse effects of certain new pharmaceutical products. You cannot show him a report on the subject. You most certainly cannot record something without permission – not from Rav Chaim, but from the prison warden. If you do, you will be taken to another room, roughed up, and threatened. You will be fortunate if that is all.

Again, this is not a revelation. This is widely known. It is not reported in the “media” because the media is complicit – whether voluntarily or through offers they cannot refuse – in the ruse that Rav Chaim is issuing various rulings. He is not. There are no such rulings. Rav Chaim is a hostage. His captors have permitted him to continue living only because he is worth more to them alive than dead, and he is physically incapable of doing anything about the situation.

I am issuing an urgent call for all of Klal Yisrael to daven for Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam to be freed from captivity. This is a true case of pidyon shvuyim.

It doesn't matter where one stands on the religious or political spectrum; this is not a partisan issue. An elderly sage is being held hostage in his home, surveilled constantly by government agents, with those close to him under immediate threat, while false, extremely dangerous statements are issued in his name. I am not exaggerating or embellishing. This is a mafia situation. Anyone with a soul and conscience must cry out to Hashem to redeem Rav Kanievsky.

If this is the first time you have heard of this and you find it difficult to believe, I beg you to at least allow for the possibility that this is true. There are numerous people who have personally witnessed this or heard a first-hand report from someone they know and trust. You can easily ask around and hear this for yourself. These are regular people, upstanding, God-fearing Jews without any financial or other vested interest in making up stories about Rav Chaim – unlike those who control what is reported in his name. You owe it to yourself, to the Torah, and to an elderly Torah sage to find out what is really going on.

Please daven for Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam to be healthy, safe, and free from captivity. Let him be free to study Torah, teach Torah, receive visitors without government surveillance or restraints, and have no one manipulate him or put words in his mouth.

Please spread this message to everyone. May we merit to enjoy the ultimate redemption, along with Rav Chaim, and live with true freedom under the Torah.

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URGENT: Addenda to Rav Kanievsky

It was a hot mid-August afternoon of 2021 when we set out to Bnei Brak to speak with Rebetzin

Kodletsky, the daughter of Rav Chaim Kanievsky. We were a few women, including one who since

taking the first shot of the vaccine five months ago, has had terrible medical injuries and still today

cannot function properly. We wanted to convey to the Rebetzin the non-stop vaccine injuries now

happening to people. B"H, we managed to get into her. The Rebetzin started by asking everyone, "Are

you all vaccinated? I'm sorry I have to ask, but those are the instructions I've received". We reassured

her that we'd all had corona and asked for personal brachos. Then we introduced ourselves. Then we

told her that since the vaccine started being given, people treating others have had non-stop phone calls

about the injuries. Healers everywhere are scrambling to try and help them because the injuries are new

to the medical world and hard to treat.

We introduced the woman injured by the vaccine who cannot function today for more than ten minutes

without having to lie down afterwards. The woman only took the vaccine after a friend sent her the

video of Rav Chaim saying to vaccinate. We showed her the reports from VAERS of the injured and

dead amongst only the 12-17 age group. The Rebetzin seemed genuinely shocked by what we were

telling her. She said, how can it be? Why can't you tell this to the Ministry of Health? Do they know

this information? I have no knowledge, she told us. I only do what I'm told to do and I was told to tell

people to vaccinate. We asked her: who told you? She said, our personal family doctor, Dr. Hardt. And I

go after my father, Rav Chaim. We asked her, could you pass on this information to your father Rav

Chaim? She answered: No, I can't, because my father is "out of it", he barely recognizes me, and barely

says anything. We were left wondering seriously how then were serious and far-reaching psakim being

said in his name …….

She said to us: You must speak to Dr. Hardt. And to Rav Firer. If Dr. Hardt tells me what you're saying

is true, I will straight away say to stop vaccinating. We said, can we err on the side of caution? In a

situation of safek pikuach nefesh, shouldn't we say to stop straight away, and then investigate? She

said: yes, I won't tell people from now on to vaccinate.

We told her that as we are talking, the day is beginning in the U.S. and yeshiva bachurim are being

vaccinated because the yeshiva won't accept them if not, because "Rav Chaim and Rebetzin Kodletsky

said". She said: Who listens to me in the U.S.? We said, the whole litvish world! You, the Rebetzin

have world-wide power. What comes out of your mouth is sacred to many people around the world

who will do whatever you say. You must realize the responsibility!

We concluded that we would speak with Dr. Hardt and left on good terms. We knocked on his door, late

in the evening. He was not home yet and his wife did not allow us to come in and wait for him. She

straight away asked, "Is it about the vaccines?" When we said, yes, she said, my husband will not talk

to you. Other groups have been here to talk to him, he's investigated the subject, and it is closed. We

argued back and forth, and finally, to her credit, she relented and agreed to ask her husband if he could

talk with us. He agreed, and we managed to talk to him and his wife till late in the night. Dr. Hardt

asked many good questions, like: I've always relied on the directives of the Ministry of Health. So why

should I not be able to listen to them now? We explained. They listened. They seemed genuinely

troubled by the scope and number of injuries. They said to us, please give this information over to Rav

Zilberstein and Rav Firer because those are the ones we listen to.

We said, okay, we will follow up with them.

Imagine my surprise and shock when a few days later, a video went viral of Rebetzin Kodletsky telling

everyone to go and get the third booster shot. Including pregnant women. Including children over 12.

She put out this video a few days after we went to her.

I picked up the phone to Mrs Hardt and expressed my surprise and shock about the video. I had spoken

to her at length. I said, how could the Rebetzin put out such a video after what we spoke about? I

couldn’t believe what she said to me:

"I only answered the phone to you because you’re really nice. For your own good, I’m telling you to

get out of this story. We got orders from high places. Everything you told us has been checked and that

is that. I can’t tell you the reasons. My husband doesn’t allow me to talk to you so if we get cut off, it’s

because he took the phone away from me.”

And then we got cut off .......

Wow.

My conclusions from this experience? I'll share them and I hope that everyone will come to their own

conclusions too.

1. The Hardts were probably heavily threatened/pressured to toe the government line.

2. Rebetzin Kodletsky was given her marching orders and complied.

3. The government is taking advantage of the Kanievsky family to be their propaganda machine for the

vaccine.

4. No psakim coming from Rav Chaim today can be taken seriously because Rav Chaim, a massive

tzadik and talmid chacham, is being taken advantage of as his cognitive abilities decline

Very Un-Rabbinical

This is so NOT Rav Knievsky

The Rav in recent years does not give lengthy replies, using such language

We should be very very concerned about what is happening

Something seems fishy here

The disrespect in not using Rabbi with his name, and the obviously scripted supposed conversation is so un-rabbinical. 

The control of the tyrannical Health Ministry and those behind them over all life in Eretz Yisrael is becoming magnified for all to see

They threaten and bribe Rabbis and others, creating an atmosphere of collusion and fear.

If anyone speaks up they are ’scandalised’ to put it mildly

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JPost: https://www.jpost.com/judaism/top-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-unvaccinated-teachers-should-not-come-to-teach-677659

Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi: Unvaccinated teachers should not come to work

Rabbi Haim Kanievsky says teachers have an obligation to get vaccinated and should be suspended from work if they don’t do so. Rabbi Haim Kanievsky, the leading Ashkenazi non-hassidic ultra-Orthodox rabbi, has told school principals in the sector that if school teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19 they should not teach. 

Kanievsky’s comments were made amid an increasing rate of coronavirus infection in the ultra-Orthodox community resulting largely from the reopening of haredi educational institutions at the start of the Jewish month of Elul on August 8. 

The rabbi made his remarks in a meeting with coronavirus commissioner Dr. Salman Zarka on Tuesday. He and other leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis have repeatedly called onr the haredi public to get the vaccine and booster shot. 

Zarka raised the issue of unvaccinated teachers in the haredi sector, drawing particular attention to institutions for children below age 12 who cannot be vaccinated, and are therefore likely to infect unvaccinated children. 

According to a statement from the Health Ministry, Kanievsky said that it was "forbidden" for teachers to go to work unvaccinated and that men and women involved in education had an obligation to get the vaccine. 

The rabbi added that principals should suspend any unvaccinated staff.  

Kanievsky added that the general public should make every effort to protect themselves from COVID-19, including adhering to Health Ministry regulations, and urged people to get the vaccine because it will prevent the cancellation of Torah studies and prevent illness.

According to the Health Ministry, Zarka called on adults to get the third shot of the vaccine and also asked for Kanievsky’s blessing for the success of the current vaccination campaign at educational institutions.  

Rav Kanievsky Shlit”a Warns Yidden

Need we say even AFTER SHAVUOS:

In an announcement published in the Yated Neeman on Sunday morning, Erev Shavuos, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein called to the public to refrain from the usual minhag of walking to the Kosel on Shavuos.

“During these days, when our enemies are acting brazenly, rachmana litzlan, and are trying to harm those who live in Eretz HaKodesh, it is incumbent upon each person to be mechazeik in all matters, and especially in limmud haTorah on Yom Matan Toraseinu,” the Gedolim stated.

“And chalilah to engage in any acts of provoking the nations – which isn’t the derech of the Torah.”

“Furthermore, ‘we need to be more machmir in matters of pikuach nefesh than some issurei halacha’ – everyone should distance themselves from protests and all places where our enemies gather.”

“Therefore it’s appropriate this year not to place ourselves at risk and provoke [the nations] by walking to the Kosel on Shavous as well as to take heed not to pass by other places that may be dangerous or will provoke the nations.”

Instructions not to go to the Kosel on Shavuos or other places that may pose a risk were also issued to Gerrer and Belzer chassidim. A notice to Gerrer chassidim stated that no one should go to the Kosel or frequent places that may be dangerous.

In Belz, it was announced in the Beis Hamedresh HaGadol in Kiryat Belz in the presence of the Rebbe: “A request and announcement to all the bochurim from all Belzer yeshivos not to leave Kiryat Belz in Jerusalem from Erev Shavous until after the Chag, and especially not to go to the Old City and the Kosel.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Don’t know where in Yerushalayim this is

Don’t know who’s filming this video 

But it is meant to cause alarm

This is definitely what we don’t want to see