Tractate Gittin – Talmud Owned by Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, with his Signature and Glosses

Tractate Gittin – Talmud Owned by Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, with his Signature and Glosses
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Gittin, New York, 1951. Published by Va'ad HaHatzala.
On the first title page appears the signature of Rabbi "A.Y.L. Shteinman". On the sheet margins are many glosses in his handwriting. Most of the glosses are short, reminders and books mentioned by the rabbi during the discourses he delivered in the yeshivot. The glosses are apparently from 1950-1960, the time he began teaching Torah as Rosh Yeshiva .
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was born in Brisk in Lithuania where he studied in a yeshiva. Because of the fear of conscription into the Polish army, he traveled to Switzerland in the summer of 1938 together with his friend Moshe Soloveichik, to study in the Montreux Yeshiva. This move right before the Holocaust proved to be the miracle of survival for these two great Torah figures that impacted the whole generation which built the Torah world in our times – Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik in Zurich, from where he led the Torah world in Europe and Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman in the city of Bnei Brak. In 1945, he ascended to Eretz Israel, and after a short while was asked to serve as head of the Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva in Kfar Saba. Later, he moved to Bnei Brak and was appointed head of the Ponovezh Yeshiva Litze'irim. Many Torah leaders and famous rabbis and heads of yeshiva were his students during the 60 years he taught Torah.
At a young age, he was already esteemed as an outstanding Torah scholar and the Chazon Ish bestowed upon him much honor. With the passing years, he became famous as one of the leading yeshiva heads. He heads Kollel Ponovezh, the Orchot Torah Yeshivot and Ge'on Ya'akov. His home is a focal point for many yeshiva heads in Israel, who consult with Rabbi Shteinman in matters of education and in leading the Torah world.
From the mid-1990s, his leadership is evident in all matters of the Charedi public and Torah world: establishing and supporting networks of kollelim for young men, support and assistance to fundraising campaigns of charity and chesed organizations, leading the Chinuch Atzma'I and Va'ad HaYeshivot and Degel HaTorah. In 1912, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky published a historic letter in which he writes: "The leadership of the generation is now in the hands of
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman" and he notes that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman is the successor of the path and leadership of Rabbi E.M. Shach and Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv.
This is the Talmud that Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman used for many years of Torah study and teaching. From the content of the glosses, it is apparent that the Rosh Yeshiva used this volume for delivering his discourses.
[1], 116, 23, 34 leaves. (mispaginated). 37.5 cm. Slightly dry paper, fair-poor condition, wear from much use. Detached and torn leaves. Original fabric binding, reconstructed and restored with new spine.