Rebbetzin Kanievsky
She was a Jewish princess, from a family of Torah royalty-and in her humble, unadorned apartment in Bnel Brak shebecame the mother of all Israel.When Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky a"h was a child, she wouldfall asleep listening to the Torah learning of her father, Maran RavYosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita. Her grandfather, Rav Aryeh Levin ztl, the"tzaddik of Yerushalayim," advised her how to survive the relentless,deadly shelling during Israel's War of Independence. The Chazon Ish zt"lhelped arrange her shidduch with his beloved nephew, Maran Rav ChaimKanlevsky shiit"a.Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky, daughter of an extraordinary andillustrious Torah family, was one of the most remarkable, selfless, andbeloved women of our time. Thousands of - people Sephardim andAshkenazim, Torah-observant, traditional, and even non-religiousJews - came to ask for her blessing, her wise counsel, her heartfeltencouragement. Everyone was welcome and everyone went awayenriched.This extraordinary blography was w