Nissim Karelitz

Who is Nissim Karelitz?

Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz is the chairman of the beis din tzedek of Bnei Brak.

He is one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world and one of the most important leaders of the Haredi world, together with Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner.

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

Rabbi Karelitz is a nephew of Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, known as 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 Rav Elazar Shach who was regarded as the pre-eminent leader.

He is also a member of the Vaad Halacha of the Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital of Bnei Brak and the av beis din of the Bnei Brak neighborhood of Ramat Aharon.

In his youth, he studied in the Ponevezh Yeshiva. He also studied with his uncles, the Chazon Ish and the Steipler. His wife is the daughter of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kopshitz of Jerusalem and the great-granddaughter of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.