Rabbi Abraham Aaron Yoodelovitch, one of the most noted orthodox rabbis in this country, president of the Jewish Ministers’ Association of the United States and Canada, died on Sunday at the home of his son, Ben Yood, this city, at the age of 82. He had been ill for the past six months.
Rabbi Yoodelovitch, noted for his learning, was the author of several books which dealt with researches into orthodox Jewish law. The most important of these works is the series called “Beth Av” or “House of the Fathers.”
Rabbi Yoodelovitch was born in Navarodock, Minsk, Russia, the scion of generations of noted rabbis. He was known as a child prodigy at the Yeshivah of Wolozhin. He was ordained at the age of 17, and after holding several rabbinates in Russia, went to England, where he lived for twenty years. He came to the United States in 1909 and here he occupied rabbinical positions in Boston, New Haven, Bayonne and New York. His last rabbinate was that of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, Manhattan.
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