Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky is a Haredi rabbi and posek ("decisor of Jewish law") living in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is the author of several works of Jewish law, such as "Derech Emunoh" ("The Path of Faith"), on agricultural laws and "Shoneh Halachos" (a systematic presentation of the popular work Mishnah Berurah). His Halakhic rulings regarding prayer are recorded in "Ishei Yisroel". He is the son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky ("the Steipler"), … Wikipedia
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