(book) called Pitei Mincha. When Sorotzkin died in 1979, Gifter was sent back to the United States to lead the Cleveland campus and the Israeli branch closed. From that point on, Gifter moved into small quarters in the students' dormitory, eschewing his on-campus residence. He purportedly did this due to his distress out of feeling compelled to live in golus (the Jewish diaspora).

For many years, Gifter led the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (presidium