was the Skulener Rebbe ztvk”l’s levaya the largest in U.S. history?
The Jewish Press, Jerusalem Post, Sun and Daily Mail all quoted NYPD estimates of over 100,000 at the Skulener Rebbe’s levaya. The other large levayas in the US I’m aware of were the Satmar Rebbe in 1979, which the JTA says had over 100,000 in Kiryas Yoel, Rav Avigdor Miller in 2001, which press reports said had over 30,000 in Brooklyn and Rav Moshe Feinstein in 1986, which the New York Times quotes police estimates as having over 20,000 in Manhattan.