US Ambassador Nides Makes Shiva Visit to Kanievsky Family

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Tom Nides, US Ambassador to Israel, made a shiva visit to the Kanievsky family on Tuesday.

He tweeted a picture of the visit and wrote, “Made a shiva call today on Gadol Hador Rabbi Kanievsky’s family. Truly a loss of such a respected leader and Torah scholar.
יהא זכרו ברוך”

Made a shiva call today on Gadol Hador Rabbi Kanievsky’s family. Truly a loss of such a respected leader and Torah scholar.
יהא זכרו ברוך pic.twitter.com/i3XH78k6ES

— Ambassador Tom Nides (@USAmbIsrael) March 22, 2022

In December, when Nides first arrived in Israel, he visited Rav Chaim’s home, and did the same with Rav Gershon Edelstein.

Over the past several days, many Israeli politicians made statements of condolence in response to the news of the petirah.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday said, “Together with all the people of Israel, I received with deep sorrow the news of the death of the greatest of the generation, the late Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky.

“Despite his greatness in the Torah and in public, the rabbi made sure to always receive every person with an open heart and bright eyes. He was a true public leader, who from his humble home in Bnei Brak led tens of thousands of the people of Israel – in wisdom, in common sense, in rare proficiency.”