Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman

Rare historic documents:

Army deferment only for dedicated yeshiva students

Letters from late haredi leaders Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach and Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman stress importance of ensuring only those truly dedicated to Torah learning receive deferments from military service.

Slight improvement in Rabbi Shteinman's condition

Condition of Lithuanian haredi leader slightly improves, two days after it was reported he had taken a turn for the worse.