Rabbi Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch
אברהם אהרן ב"ר בנימין בונם בייניש
Rav, Eldridge Street Synagogue, Lower East SideDate of Death:
Mon. February 3, 1930 -
Shevat 5 5690
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi A A Yudelovitch
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Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch, Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch and Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis , Credit: Needed
Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch and Rav Gavriel Zev Velvele Margolis , Credit: Needed
Photo Credit: The Harve Daily Promoter, Havre, Montana
Source: The Des Moines Register, 20 Apr 1919, Page 56
Credit: Jewish Morning Journal, April, 14, 1921
Credit: Yeshiva University
Credit: The National Library of Israel
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Rav Yudelovitch was among the most influential Rabbanim (Rabbis) living in the United States during the 1920’s.
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I was just told by a chushava Rov that the chalitza psak “wiped him off the map”. It was a fatal decision that unfortunately minimized his other seferim and accomplishments.
A written Manuscript of Rabbi Yudelowitz:
http://hebrewmanuscripts.org/hbm_1028.pdf
Thanks for pointing this out R. Miller! This is the first time I’ve heard of that site’s existence (also managed by hebrewbooks.org).
Also other kisvei yad PDFs of R. Yudelovitch to be found listed there at http://www.hebrewmanuscripts.org/index.aspx?b=11
“A new Moses of all jews in the US”
A report in The Washington Times on April 1 1919 proclaims, upon the elections of Rabbi Yudelowitz as Cheiff Rabbi with 200 synagauges under his direction.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-04-01/ed-1/seq-19.pdf
FEBRUARY 4, 1930
Rabbi Abraham Aaron Yoodelovitch Dies at 82
Bayonne, N. J. –
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.
http://archive.jta.org/article/1930/02/04/2781786/rabbi-abraham-aaron-yoodelovitch-dies-at-82
http://www.amazon.com/HaShem-Hebrew-Avraham-Aharon-Yudelowitz/dp/B00166SLQW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312729094&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Sefer-Doresh-Av-Vol-Hebrew/dp/B0018P5S3A/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312729094&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Sefer-Doresh-Av-Vol-Hebrew/dp/B0018P5RYU/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312729094&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.com/Sefer-Doresh-Av-Vol-Hebrew/dp/B0018P5SVC/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312729094&sr=1-5
http://www.amazon.com/Sefer-Bais-Av-Tanina-Hebrew/dp/B0018P5PSS/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312729094&sr=1-2
Barry Yood: we are related though distantly. My great grandfather was Rabbi Zalman Golubowski. He and your grandfather, Rabbi Yudelevich were brothers. My mother has many pictures. One in particular has your grandfather with my great grandfather and grandfather (Lionel Golub) at the White House petitioning for wine for the sabbath during prohibition. I am trying also to learn about the family, particularly my grandfather. If anyone has information I’d appreciate it!
Janice,
I am also distantly related via the Eskolsky/Yudelovitch connection. I do have some info on R. Z.T. Golubowski that I can send. Please contact me at eskolskyinfo@yahoo.com
Hi Jancie –
Was your grandfather Lionel Golub the attroney in New York? If so, his sister Celia was my grandmother, and I am in the process of researching that side of the family. For some reason all of the documentation shows their father as being Rabbi Soloman Golubowski. Do I have the right family? If so, feel free to email me.
Ann
Someone just alerted me to a picture that includes R. Avraham Aharon Yudelovitch (bottom row fourth from right) and R. Zalman Tuvia Golubowski (fifth from right)
It’s image #161 at http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=2479
I have also posted the picture at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/108906786730490821956/PicturesOfRabbanim#5723088556201638066
Nice, thanks Moshe.
Rav Yudelevitz zt”l’s Yartzeit is tomorrow.
SG, thank you!
I was at the kever today, it was locked from the Pitkin Ave entrance, but the entrance from Liberty Ave to Acacia Cemetery was open to walk in to go to the Bayside Cemetery. May he be a meilitz yoisher for every single yid in klal yisroel
Janice,
My grandmother was Sarah, Lionel’s sister. I knew him and Aunt Mollie quite well. As 2nd cousins, I think we have lots of information to share.
Sandy Aron nee Myers, Haifa
Hi Ann,
We also are 2nd cousins and I remember your mother quite well as she and my grandmother, Sarah, were sisters. Do you have the large family picture with Rav Golubovski, all the siblings, their spouses and children?
Sandy Aron nee Myers, Haifa, Israel
In the Oitzres Magazine of Satmar KJ, there was recently a beautiful writing with many new findings on Rabbi Yedelovitch by the famous historian Rabbi Joel Hirsch.
I am a a great great grandson of the Rav Naftali Reiter mentioned above. I would love to learn any additional information about him. If you know anything about him or can point me towards any articles or information about him, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance and Tizku L’mitzvos.
Aron Mandl
I believe I am the Great-Great Grandchild of rabbi Yudelovitch, my grandfather was a Solomon (Schlomo) Shlosberg who I believe to be the spouse of Abrahams daughter Sophia (a name i believe she took while in england and where she stayed till her death in 1930. I am very interested in learning more about the family and any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
James Bradbury
Hi James,
Schlosberg was a Rabbi himself in Manchester, England (Where his FIL served before coming to the US).
I did alot of research on the Yudelovitch family, you can contact me in private by asking the site admin for my contact information.
Thanks
Reb Y.D Miller
do you have any more info about rabbi Schlosberg
thanks
I recently bought a newly published sefer called Chidushei Beis Av. It was written by R. Moshe Berger based upon some unpublished manuscripts from R. Yudelovitch. He transcribed the manuscripts and added his own comprehensive notes. R. Berger has been working on the writings of R. Yudelovitch for over 15 years and published an article about him in Yeshurun back in 1997 (starting on page 686 over here http://www.hebrewbooks.org/20408 ).
M.kennedy
Hi, Rabbi Shlosberg is my great-grandfather and I have some info on him, contact me by e-mail through the site admins and I’ll happily discuss what I know.
Tomorrow is reb Avrohom yudelovitchs yurtzeit. Is anyone planning on going to the Kever tomorrow at bayside? I attempted going there once but I must admit I was bit scared going alone and I never made it it the Kever.
Regarding the Psak that he was famous for – allowing Chalitza to be done via a shaliach. See the sefer “Im Nekudos Hakesef” written by R’ Shmuel Avigdor Abrahmson, ( http://hebrewbooks.org/1504 ) who was a Rov in America, and later in Yerushalayim. The whole sefer is basically an argument on the above-mentioned Pask. On page 12-14 he quotes an article in “Der Morgen Zhurnal” Feb. 18 1930, (that’s 20 Shevat – 15 Days after he was niftar) in which R’ Reuven Katz who was also a Rov in Bayonne writes that he had a lengthy discussion with Rabbi Yudelevitch and he retracted from his Psak. It is an incredible “shtikel”.
re: the article by R. Reuven Katz in Der Morgen Zhurnal
There were two articles in Degel Yisroel that contained a שקלא וטריא about whether R. Yudelovitch really retracted his position:
April 1930 (Nisan 5690) p3 – אן אויסגעטראכטע חרטה
(see http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=13155&pgnum=163 )
R. Boruch Trainin (grandfather of R. Meir Kahane Hy”d) was of the opinion that R. Yudelovitch didn’t retract based on a personal meeting with R. Yudelovitch
May 1930 (Iyar 5690) p6 – בירור דברים
(not available on hebrewbooks.org)
R. Reuven Katz responded to R. Trainin
E. Sekula
are you related to the sadanover rov who was from the last chasidim of pre-war alexsander
I am married into the Sekula Family, and am from the southern part of Texas. I was married to Daniel Gerard Sekula and was blessed with 3 children. The Polish people as I grew up in my town of Edinburg, Texas were excellent farmers, with large families that all helped to clear land. I married into the family, and I am a sephardic Jewish Bloodline, and I know That Father is leading me to help my children claim their heritage as jews, this I believe was hidden because of persecution. If you can help with some answers, it would be greatly appreciated. My oldest son, was killed in Iraq, on April 1, 2004 and you can learn about him by this: The Dustin Michael Sekula Library of Edinburg Texas.
Blessings,
Elisa G. Sekula
looking for history of the Sekula Family, from Panna Maria, Texas and then ending up in McCook Texas.
http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/olive/apa/nli_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TJM%2F1921%2F03%2F18&id=Ar00214&sk=CD967F21
The photo of RAAY at Manichewitz
היום היארצייט ועכשיו הייתי שם
I am researching my family and I believe that Rabbi Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch is my Great, Great, Great Grandfather. He had a daughter Sophia who married my Great Great Grandfather Solomon Shlosberg in Kapulak or Capulia in Minsk, Russia (now Belarus). They emigrated to Manchester, UK at some point between 1898 and 1902 and Sophia died here in 1931.
You can see some more information about the Shul that the Rabbi set up in Manchester here: https://www.meadehillshul.co.uk/history-of-the-shul
An excerpt: Our Synagogue was founded on 21st March 1904 – 5 Nissan 5664. When the late Rabbi Yudelovitch left the New Shul, Cheetham Hill Road, his followers decided to form a synagogue of their own.
Nathanial Shlosberg Dutton – you are correct. AA Yudelevich was the father of Sophia Shlosberg. I am quite close with your relative Stuart Shlosberg, who is a grandson of Sophia through her son Nathan. My mother is her grand daughter through her daughter Betty.
Davida Wood thanks for the info. It seems that we are related in some distant manner. Nathan Shlosberg was my Great Grandfather, his eldest son David (my grandfather) is the brother of Stuart. I have found it quite productive to follow the family back through Sophia’s side of the family (Yudelovitch) but have been unable to progress back any further than Solomon Shlosberg arriving in Manchester in the 1890’s.