Talk:Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky

Untitled
I added redirect page of Steipler Gaon. I think it should have been done earlier as that was his most common title. Nesher 22:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Translation of עצום
"Massive" maybe too simplistic of a translation from עצום. At this time I can't think of a better word other than "world-class." ("serious, intense?") --Bo Basil 11:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

...known as the Steipler Gaon
Though I've seen revisionists calling him the Steipler Gaon, I believe that in his lifetime he was just known as the Steipler. I think this new appellation was coined by people uncomfortable using a gadol's "common" nickname. Note that Hebrew Wikipedia just says הסטייפלר ("the Steipler"). Jms2000 16:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

What is true?
Hebrew Hamichlol:
 * "In 1922, like many yeshiva students, he smuggled the border to Poland and joined the central branch of the Novardok Yeshiva in Bialystok."

English wiki:
 * "After serving under arms for some time, Rab Kanievsky managed to get discharged. He decided to move to Białystok in Poland, in order to continue learning Torah unhindered from Communist interference."

תנא קמא (talk) 21:45, 6 February 2019 (UTC)