A pair of pants that belonged to Maran Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l were put up for auction before being swiftly taken down.
The auction was set to launch March 1, with the opening bid set at $3,200.
“Pants that belonged to…Rav Chaim Kaniesvky…and worn by him for a long time,” the auction listing read.
The authenticity of the pants was confirmed by the family, specifically a grandson, R’ Gedaliah Honigsberg, but Prime Judaica—the Lakewood auction house selling the pants—pulled the item, ostensibly due to flack received from those who felt that the auction was a bizayon to the gadol hador.
How in the world did the auction house get those pants to begin with? Something is wrong with this entire picture.
Are they still available?
Methinks you popsicle people Are wackledoodle nuts. That’s all I wanted to say!
Never heard of clothing of tzaddikim being auctioned.
I know a Sanzer ainekel who has the Sanzer Rov’s let sock
I know someone who has straw that Rav Aharon Belzer stood on during the prayers on Yom Kippur.