Reply To: Who is Rav Shlomo Kanievsky? Is he being groomed to be the next Godol HaDor?

He’s in the states to collect money for his yeshiva. Like every other ad on Yeshiva World and other Jewish news sites, that are designed trick you into clicking on a headline that was worded to sound like an amazing story while it’s just another sob story to play with your emotions for a donation. The advertisements about his heritage are designed to play with peoples emotions and have them think that by donating to his yeshiva you somehow will merit great zechusim more than any other Tzedakah cause, including the starving children in your own neighborhood.