First time in 1.5 years: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky visits the Western Wall

• Published date: 29 March 2021
• Date: 29 March 2021
• Author: Ben Shaul

For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (93), a leader of Lithuanian-haredi Jewry, visited the Kotel (Western Wall) together with those close to him, Kol Barama's Yisrael Cohen reported.

Rabbi Kanievsky is not the first haredi leader to visit the Western Wall since the number of coronavirus infections has dropped: The Gerrer Rebbe, who did not leave his home for nearly the entire pandemic, visited the Western Wall a few weeks ago, accompanied by a handful of his followers.

His arrival at the Wall aroused great interest...