[Aneinu] Rabbi Kanievsky: Prayers for Murdered Teens Weren't in Vain

Arutz 7 Rabbi Kanievsky: Prayers for Murdered Teens Weren't in Vain By Yaakov Levi First Publish: 6/30/2014, 11:29 PM Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, considered one of the foremost rabbinical authority in the hareidi yeshiva world, said Monday night that despite the fact that kidnapped Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), and Gilad Sha'ar (16) were found murdered, the hundreds of thousands of prayers that had been recited over the past several weeks for their return were not uttered in vain. In their deaths, he said, they brought many Jews closer to G-d. “They had a great merit to spiritually strengthen thousands of Jews,” the rabbi said. “It is a great merit for their souls.”