Rav Nissim Karelitz, rosh kollel of Kollel Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak and one of the generation’s senior poskim, is in serious condition and in need of rachamei Shomayim.
The 94-year-old gaon and member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah of Degel Hatorah, is under the close watch of doctors at the ICU at Maayanei Hayeshua Medican Center in Bnei Brak.
Rav Karelitz has been suffering from various ailments for the past five years. He was hospitalized on Thursday after suffering from shortness of breath.
Rav Nissim has been living at the home of his son, R’ Mordechai Karlitz, on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak.
Rav Nissim, who was born in July 1926 in the town of Vilna, is the av bais din of the bais din of Bnei Brak and av bais din of the Ramat Aharon neighborhood. He is a nephew of the Chazon Ish, whose sister was Rav Nissim’s mother. His rebbetzin is a daughter of Rav Tzvi Hirsch Kopshitz and a great-granddaughter of Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
All are asked to daven for Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim ben Basya l’refuah shleimah.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
