Yabia, he had influence on Lubavitcher chasidim and secular jews. None of his teachings or rulings spread elsewhere. He met with tons of secular figures, from America and Israel, and was seen by them(and them alone) as a representative of orthodoxy… But he was not seen as such by orthodoxy itself! Modern jews looked to rabbi yoshe ber soloveitchik, chasidim looked to their own rebbes, with certain ones being more outstanding in America, such as satmar, bobov, klosenberg, etc… And litvishe had the gedolim mentioned above.
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