Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
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Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (Hebrew: אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman[1] (November 3, 1914[2] – December 12, 2017[3]), was a well-known Haredi rabbi and posek (halakhic authority) in Bnei Brak, Israel.[4] Following the death of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012, he was widely regarded as the Gadol Hador (Leader of the Generation), the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian world.[5]
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Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman | |
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Date of birth | c. 1913 |
Place of birth | Brest, Russian Empire |
Birth name | Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman |
Date of death | 12 December 2017 (age ~104) |
Place of death | Bnei Brak, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
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