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Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman

Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak and a leader of the Lithuanian Haredi public and the Degel HaTorah party.

1914 to 2017Leading the Lithuanian Haredi publicLeadership of Degel HaTorahThe Ayelet HaShachar book seriesA modest lifestyle

Born: 22 October 1914, Kamieniec
Died: 12 December 2017, Bnei Brak
Occupation: rabbi, rosh yeshiva, Posek, Rosh kollel
Party: Banner of the Torah
Founded: 1978), Yeshivat Ner Zerach (2006)

Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was born in 1914 in Kamieniec

Shteinman was born in Kamyenyets to Noach Tzvi and Gittel Faiga and grew up in Brest. His father was a teacher and a synagogue beadle in the town.

He studied at Yeshivas Toras Chessed in Brest under Moshe Sokolovsky and attended lectures by the Brisker Rav. He also studied in Kletzk under Aharon Kotler.

In 1937 he fled the Polish draft with his friend Moshe Soloveitchik and studied in Montreux, Switzerland. During World War II he was held in a labor camp near Basel. He was the only member of his family to survive the war.

In Israel he settled in Bnei Brak and headed the Ponevezh Kollel. From 1955 he was a dean of Ponevezh L'Tzi'irim, and he also headed Gaon Yaakov. He wrote books, among them the Ayelet HaShachar series.

He headed the Council of Torah Sages of Degel HaTorah. After the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012, he led the Lithuanian Haredi public. He died in 2017.

Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman's life in 8 milestones

1914
Born in Kamyenyets.
1937
Fled the Polish draft to Switzerland.
1955
Became a dean of Ponevezh L'Tzi'irim.
1998
Stopped giving his regular lecture at Ponevezh.
2005
Visited Haredi communities in North America.
2006
Founded Yeshivat Ner Zerach and visited communities in Los Angeles and South America.
2012
Became leader of the Lithuanian Haredi public after Elyashiv's death.
2017
Died.