Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef expressed his deep sorrow over the death of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman Tuesday morning.
"The loss of the last remnant of a towering generation, our master Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, is a great loss, as the righteous protect the generation with their very lives. In the merit of his unique leadership, for many years he prevented a split in the Torah world and Sephardic world and he was one of the first to appreciate and recognize the Sephardic Torah leadership as equals which led to a flourishing of the Sephardi Torah world. The Sephardi world owes him its gratitude and all Torah students should attend his funeral and honor the Torah" Rabbi Yosef said.