Shevet HaLevi
Bnei Brak
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Shmuel Wosner
Shmuel Wosner
Also known as The Shevet HaLevi
1913 CE–2015 CE · Modern · Vienna
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 Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, he survived the Holocaust and rebuilt in Bnei Brak, founding Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin there.
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ViennaוינהAustria
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Vienna, a capital of Austria-Hungary, was his birthplace in 1913.
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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Yitzchak Friedman, Minhat Yehuda, Rav Kook, Imrei Emes, Yehuda Leib Chasman, Isser Zalman Meltzer, Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Kaf HaChaim), Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, Yechiel Michel Tukatchinsky, Yisrael Zev Mintzberg, Tzvi Pesach Frank, Yitzchak Isaac Sher, Martin Buber, Jacob Nachum Epstein, Chazon Ish, Mishpetei Uziel, Zalman Sorotzkin, Yaakov Moshe Charlap
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Works(2)
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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Related figuresRAkiva EigerחאChazon IshSuggested by shared subject matter, not a documented teaching relationship.