23 Av is the yartzeit of R' Yaakov Yisroel ben R' Chaim Peretz Kanievsky, the Steipler Gaon (1985), author of Kehillas Yaakov. His father was a chosid of R' Yaakov Yisroel of Cherkass, and named him after his Rebbe. The Steipler's son R' Chaim shlita is one of the Gedolei Hador today.
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The Cherkasser lived in Hornosteipel, before he left for Cherkassy. Some people couldn't pronounce 'Hornosteipler' so they shortened it to 'Steipler.' After the Cherkasser moved, he sent his grandson, the "Pele Yoeitz," to be the Rebbe of Hornosteipel. The American Twerski [Milwaukee, Denver, etc.] family is descended from them.
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