Nissim Karelitz

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Rabbi Nissim Karelitz is the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of the beis din tzedek (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak.

He is one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world, as is the case with Rabbi Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, and Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner.

His beis din (rabbinical court) handles all kinds of matters, such as financial disputes, marriage conflicts, and conversions.

Rabbi Karelitz is a nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (the Chazon Ish). The Chazon Ish was a previous rabbinical spiritual leader of Bnei Brak. From the time of the Chazon Ish until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz it was Rabbi Elazar Shach who was regarded as the pre-eminent leader.

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