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Following the death of Rabbi Edelstein, the Haredi community faces a new and unprecedented situation. The identity of the new leader is not obvious, and whoever is chosen will be weaker than his predecessors. This places more power in the hands of the operatives, who bear no real responsibility.
Rabbi Edelstein's death marks the end of the era of uncontested leadership by a single 'Rabbinical Giant'
For now, no one in the next cadre of prominent Lithuanian rabbis stands out as likely to inherit the leadership mantle at a relatively young age.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's death leaves Degel Hatorah under the firm control of Ponevezh Yeshiva head Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.
יו"ר ש"ס טען כי הסרוגים בגבעת שמואל: "בשבת בבוקר הולכים לבית הכנסת ואחרי הצהריים כולם נמצאים בקלאב או בסאונה". במפלגת הציונות הדתית זועמים: "דרעי מקנא