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IN PICTURES: Hundreds of thousands attend funeral of Rabbi Shteinman

Photo by: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV

Hundreds of thousands of people attended his funeral, as police closed major highways before and during the course of the procession.

Shteinman was the long-time head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the head of the Degel HaTorah party, a part of United Torah Judaism.

Crowds gather in Bnei Brak before the funeral of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman. (Credit: Magen David Adom)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of top spiritual authority Rabbi Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak on December 12, 2017 (Credit: Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Hasidic women watch the funeral procession of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman (Credit: Jeremy Sharon)

Funeral procession for Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman (Credit: United Hatzalah)

Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) walk through Bnei Brak during the funeral procession of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman (Credit: Israel Police)

The funeral procession of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman reaches the cemetery. (Credit: Avshalom Sassoni/Maariv)

The funeral procession of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman (Credit: Jeremy Sharon)

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the spiritual leader of the non-Hassidic Ashkenazi Haredi community, died today at the age of 104 and was buried near his home in the city of Bnei Brak.
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