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The Shevet HaLevi

The Shevet HaLevi

1913 CE2015 CE · ACH · Jerusalem

R. Shmuel Wosner (1913–2015) was the senior posek of Bnei Brak's Zichron Meir neighborhood for over sixty years and a halachic authority for Hungarian, German, and worldwide chareidi communities. Born in Vienna and educated in the great Pressburg yeshiva, he survived the Holocaust and rebuilt in Bnei Brak, founding Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin there.

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ViennaוינהAustria

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Born on September 4, 1913, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.

About Vienna

Major Central European Jewish center pre-Holocaust. Home of Isaac of Vienna (Or Zarua), R. Shimshon Raphael Hirsch's training, R. Akiva Eger's son-in-law Chatam Sofer.

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Shevet HaLeviשבט הלוי

Bnei Brak · 1965

Eleven-volume responsa work renowned for clarity and rigor, covering all sections of Shulchan Aruch. Particularly authoritative on questions of kashrut, niddah, and Shabbat.

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Influenced byThe Chazon IshR. Akiva EigerThe Shevet HaLevi