Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, March 19, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Thousands of cops to police mass funeral for Kanievsky
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (unmasked) holds a readiness assessment on March 19, 2022, ahead of the mass funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. (Israel Police)
Approximately 3,000 police officers are expected to be deployed at and near the funeral tomorrow for Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in Bnei Brak.
The funeral, at which hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected to attend, is predicted to stretch for more than 15 hours. Many major roads and highways around the area are expected to be blocked off.
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev says the funeral is “an event the magnitude of which we have not encountered before.”
Kanievsky, who died Friday afternoon at age 94, was considered one of the most influential rabbinical figures in the Haredi world.
