Hornostaypil
Encyclopedia
Hornostaypil is a village in the Kiev Oblast
located on the Teteriv River
and the Kiev Reservoir
.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
was from Hornostaypil.
Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
located on the Teteriv River
Teteriv River
The Teteriv River is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It has a length of 365 km and a drainage basin of 15,100 km²....
and the Kiev Reservoir
Kiev Reservoir
The Kiev Reservoir , locally the Kiev Sea, is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the...
.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, known as The Steipler or The Steipler Gaon , was a rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and posek .-Biography:...
was from Hornostaypil.
See also
- Hornsteipl (Hasidic dynasty)Hornsteipl (Hasidic dynasty)Hornsteipl is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski. Hornsteipl is the Yiddish name of Hornostaypil, a town in present-day Ukraine.It is a branch of the Chernobyl and Anipoli dynasties dating back to the 19th century....