Poskim of the Last Century: Year of Petira By sammy.aronson@gmail.com 1914 World War 1 Begins 1918 World War 1 Ends 1929 Great Depression 1933 Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan ZT"L (Chofetz Chaim) 1935 Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook ZT"L 1939 Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz 1953 Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz ZT"L (Chazon Ish) 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1965 Rav Aharon Kotler ZT"L 1985 Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky ZT"L (Steipler) 1986 Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT"L 1989 Berlin Wall Collapses 1993 Rav Yosef B. Soloveitchik ZT"L (The Rav) 1994 Rabbi Shlomo Goren 2001 9-11 Terrorist Attacks 2010 Rav Mordechai Eliayahu ZT"L