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This morning, December 12, Rabbi Aaron Leib Steinman died, one of the most influential spiritual leaders. He was 104 years old, reports Jewish News with reference to The Jerusalem Post.
The past few months, Rabbi Steinman was in the hospital "Maayane-Yeshua". This morning he was connected to an artificial life support unit. After attempts of resuscitation the doctors ascertained death.
It is expected that for the funeral of Rabbi Steinman, which will be held at 12:00 in Bnei Brak, thousands of people will come..
Steinmann was born in 1913 in Brest-Litovsk. During the Second World War, he went to Switzerland, where he married. In 1945 he came to Eretz-Israel and settled in Bnei Brak. He stood at the origins of the ultra-orthodox political movement Degel ha-Torah.
In 2012, Forbes called Steinman the third most influential rabbis in Israel.