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Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
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<p>Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz , also known as the Chazon Ish (<a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a>: החזון איש) after his <a href="/facts/Masterpiece/WbIkuUFy">magnum opus</a>, was a <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarusian</a>-born <a href="/facts/Orthodox_Judaism/8PGzTQaL">Orthodox</a> <a href="/facts/Rabbi/vuBf5LYj">rabbi</a> who later became one of the leaders of <a href="/facts/Haredi_Judaism/PzglLelQ">Haredi Judaism</a> in <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, where he spent his final 20 years, from 1933 to 1953. </p>