After the 2017 death of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, Kanievsky became the preeminent leader of Israel’s non-Hasidic haredi Orthodox community, taking on a more political role in addition to his ...
Jewish ultra-Orthodox spiritual leader Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman died Tuesday and prompted hundreds of thousands to pay tribute in Israel. He was 104. Construction began on a West Bank ...