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Yehoshua Neuwirth
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Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth ( Hebrew : יהושע ישעיה נויברט ; 15 February 1927 – 11 June 2013) was an eminent Orthodox Jewish rabbi and posek ( halakhic authority) in Jerusalem . He was one of the primary students of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and the author of a two-volume Hebrew language treatise, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah — translated into English as Shemirath Shabbath: A practical guide to the observance of Shabbath — a compendium of the laws of Shabbat which is viewed by many as an authoritative work regarding these laws.
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orthodox rabbi in jerusalem
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eminent orthodox jewish rabbi and posek
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