“Is a recent invention”
False
though it wasn’t relatively realistic until
Rav Yitzchok Elchonon At his hesped was mourned repeatedly
as Rabban Shel Kol Bnei HaGolah
They asked the Maspid “Why did you go at length to say this why didn’t you just say The Gadol Hadar”
Response:
אז רב יהושע לייב ווינט בירושלים