A more accurate epitaph would be, “one of the most influential rabbis in the last generation.”

After all, while his greatness is widely acknowledged, particularly his influence on American Jewry since the 1950s, there are also many other notable rabbinic personages who played immensely important roles during this time.

For instance, two notable towering rabbinic figures in America in the last generation were R Moshe Feinstein and R JB Soloveitchik. The former was the “posek hador” and the latter was the guiding force for modern orthodoxy. And this is aside from the numerous other rabbis whose influence impacted Jews and Judaism in the land of Israel, e.g. the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish.