Questions tagged [chazon-ish]
20th-Century Belarusian born Orthodox rabbi who later became one of the leaders of Haredi Judaism in Israel
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Perek Kira: Hardest Sugya in Shas
Why did the Chazon Ish say that Perek Kira is the hardest sugya in Shas?
Is it because it deals with coal ovens, which were ubiquitous for Chazal but almost entirely out of use today?
Is it because ...
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Baal Haleshem on Bitachon
I have seen several people mention the position of the R' Shlomo Elyashiv z"l, the "Baal Haleshem", on trust, bitachon. He seems to be one of the main sources for a position different ...
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Breastfeeding on Shabbat
Is there any halachic concern with breastfeeding on Shabbat? I believe the Chazon Ish brought down one can’t milk a cow on shabbos (which I disagree with personally), but under his logic would a ...
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Learning advice from the Chazon Ish
The Chazon Ish, in his sefer Kovetz Igros Chazon Ish (paragraph 3), mentions a certain advice concerning Torah study.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt"l mentions this teaching in his Orchos Yosher (p. 172; ...
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Finding the commentary of Chazon Ish on Yevamot
I'm following a reference to "Chazon Ish,Yev., par. 83, #6", which I think is his commentary on Yevamot. Can anyone help me find this source online? Many thanks.
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Chiddushei Torah and the Chazon Ish
In Orchos Yosher by Rav Chaim Kanievsky (chapter:"How Precious Are Sefarim", p. 156), it is said that the Chazon Ish believed that the one who benefited most from publishing Torah thoughts ...
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Using " נשתנה הטבע " to change a Talmudic rule
“It is a rule in the Talmud that, though a child born seven months after conception is viable (בר קיימא), one born after eight months is not viable. (It was a common belief in ancient medicine, also ...
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What does this reference to Pirkei Avos mean in this letter of the Chazon Ish?
The Chazon Ish has a letter discussing shana rishona that is quoted in וידעת כי שלום אהלך by R Chayim Friedlander. In it, the Chazon Ish encourages a husband in shana rishona to speak extensively to ...
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Chazon Ish understanding of "Baruch"
A recorded shiur from a Rav reported that the Chazon Ish held the kavana of the word "baruch" is "to praise" Hashem. After searching throughout the writings of the Chazon Ish on ...
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Machshirin 1:6: Chazon Ish's defence's of Bartenura's peirush
Machshirin 1:6 contains three clauses:
When someone blows on lentils, the Sages say this counts as b'chi yutan.
When someone hides their vegetables in a river from thieves, this doesn't count as b'...
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Why are there different versions of what Chazon Ish says is the size of an Amah?
Different sources have different information regarding the size of an Amah (all measurements are attributed to Chazon Ish):
Halachipedia - 24 in. / 60.96 cm
Dafyomi.co.il - 22.72 in. / 57.72 cm
Daat....
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Why does the Chazon Ish not allow supporting the schach with nailed planks?
The Chazon Ish in Hilchos Sukkah 143:2 writes:
ולכן לדידן שאנו נוהגין להחמיר בדין המעמיד הסכך בדבר המקבל טומאה כדעת
רמב"ן ור"ן, אין לקבוע הכלונסות במסמרים.
Therefore according to us, who ...
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Source for the Chazon Ish saying that long jackets are preferable?
I have heard it first hand from no less than two different rabbis, and seen it in various places (unsourced*) that the Chazon Ish held that short jackets were not tznius, and this is why certain ...
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Looking for a Chazon Ish about developement of Minhagim
It has stuck in my head for a while now - roughly quoted as saying that one shouldn't mock minhagim that have developed in klal yisroel even if the origin seems dubious - as Hashem wouldn't allow ...
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Quote from the Chazzon Ish about "Mizrachim"
I was having a discussion with someone tonight who quoted in the name of the Chazzon Ish that the "problem" with the "mizrachi" community (A very large group of Orthodox Jews in Israel that are also ...
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Kollel avreichim who are not learning (properly) are rodfim?
I was told that Rav Amnon Yitzchak quoted the Chazon Ish saying that men in kollel who are not learning properly (or something to that effect) are considered rodfim.
Can anyone source this Chazon Ish?...
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Students of the Chazon Ish [closed]
Were there any living students of R. Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz on April 8, 2015, 20 Nisan, 5775?
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The Chazon Ish's definition of bitachon
The Chazon Ish wrote in the book Emunah U'Bitachon Chapter 2 that the definition of bitachon is NOT the mistaken belief that when faced with 2 possible outcomes one must believe that the better (or ...
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Is there a source where Emuna and Bitachon are described as separate ideas?
In the sefer Emuna UBitachon, the Chazon Ish popularized the idea that Emuna and Bitachon are really two parts of one idea, one being the belief in the idea, and one being the idea believed in.
Is ...
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Source for story about Chazon Ish and mischief
I once heard a story along the lines of the following:
A man brought his 7 or 8 year old son to meet the Chazon Ish. He wanted to show him what a masmid his son was. The Chazon Ish, after asking ...
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Ruling of the Chazon Ish on expelling an at-risk-of-nonobservance bad influence
In HaRav Aharon Feldman shlita book, "The Eye of the Storm", in the chapter entitled, "The Chazon Ish", Rav Feldman lists some questions that were asked to the Chazon Ish. One of them is, May a Rosh ...
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'Removal of the evil inclination is like removal of the soul'
I saw recently (here) in the name of the Chazon Ish that 'removal of the evil inclination removes the soul'. Is there a written source for this (either in the writings of the Chazon Ish or elsewhere)?
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Posture for listening to Kiddush and Havdalah
I heard that when anyone else is listening to someone make kiddush or havdalah, l’chatchilah they must be either sitting or standing depending on what the person making kiddush or havdalah is doing. ...
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The Chazon Ish pronunciation
The Chazon Ish would tell the Shatz to be careful pronouncing בַּֽעַל גְּבוּרוֹת so it didn't come out as בַּֽל. What is a source that the Chazon Ish would do this?
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looking for a source that free choice is only prior to our decission
I have heard in the name of the chazon ish "לפני מעשה - בידי אדם, לאחר מעשה - בידי שמים".
would be grateful if someone can tell me the most reliable source for this.
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Source for Chazon Ish on What defines a Lamdan
I recently read an article and the author wrote the following:
"The Chazon Ish described the true lamdan as “someone who spends three hours preparing to deliver a five-minute shiur, and when he is ...
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Source(s) for Chazon Ish and Rav Shach's position on Ir Hanidachat
We have been learning a Gemara on Masechet Sanhedrin that brings a Braita talking about Ir Hanidachat.
It's on טו: and as follows:
דתניא עד
כמה עושין עיר הנדחת מי׳ ועד ק׳ דברי
רבי יאשיה רבי יונתן ...
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Chazon Ish and Medicine
I have recently studied the Chazon Ish's work Emunah U'Vitachon and in the opening pages, the Chazon Ish displays a vast knowledge of human anatomy. Also, the Chazon Ish successfully mapped out a plan ...
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Measurements used in Halacha
What is the underlying argument between the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Chaim Naaeh and Reb Moshe Feinstein? I know they argue in amounts, but what is the underlying argument? How did each get the ...
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Untrustworthy sifrei halacha?
I have noticed that there are a few popular printings of the Mishna B'rura that come with footnote references to the Chazon Ish on each halacha where the two disagree (example).
I have also noticed a ...
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Chazon Ish neurosurgery diagram [closed]
There is a well-known story about the Chazon Ish, where someone who was scheduled to undergo a neurosurgical procedure came to him for advice, and the Chazon Ish drew a diagram for the surgeon ...
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