Making Amends
It is written in Tzemach Duvid, volume 3, that Rav Chaim at first wanted his eldest son, Rav Aryeh Leib HaKohen Rappaport, to become rosh yeshiva. After some disagreement, the kehillah appointed Rav Moshe Mizis instead.
After Rav Moshe delivered his first derasha that Shabbos, he fell ill and passed away at a young age. Afterwards they did elect Rav Aryeh Leib to take Rav Moshe Mizis' place. But he too passed away at a young age, in his father's lifetime.
Rav Chaim worried that perhaps his desire to push his son's appointment as rosh yeshiva had contributed to Rav Moshe's untimely passing. To make amends, he married Rav Moshe's widow and gave his granddaughter in marriage to Rav Moshe's son.
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