Lot 94:
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The grand gaon Rabbi Yonasan Steif [1877-1958], was from great Poskim in the United States after the WWII. In his youth he learned in the Yeshiva of Pressburg by Moron ‘Shevet Sofer’, the Gaon Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer. In 1912 he was appointed as Dayan in the city of Ungvar Hungary, there he served for 11 years, then he moved to Budapest and served there as Dayan. During this time he authored many sefarim, in which his immense strength and knowledge in all areas of Torah is well recognized, even in areas that are not commonly deliberated by great scholars. He was saved during WWII and arrived to the United States, there he taught Torah in the Yeshivah in Nitra. In 1949 he was selected to serve as Rav in the congregation ‘Adat Yeraim’ for Vienna immigrants. The great Gaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein called him ‘Gadol Hador’, he was also greatly admired by the holy rabbi Yoel of Satmar.
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