Supplements to his works Mishan Lechem, Beth Marzeach, Tapuchei Zahav.

YUDELEWITZ, ABRAHAM AARON.

Volpe / Selov / Kuznitza

1873-76

Hebrew manuscript on paper.

Contains much unpublished material, including R. Yudelewitz’s commentary to Koheleth and Tehilim, halachic comments on Mishnayoth and Shulchan Aruch and a eulogy for R. Samuel Strashun. Portions published include eulogies for his uncle R. Meir Marim of Kobrin and R. Eizel of Slonim. Rabbi A.A. Yudelewitz (1850-1930) studied in Volozhin and served as a rabbi in many communities in Russia including Selov and Kuznitza. A prolific author, he published various halachic and aggadic works, especially his multi-volume responsa Beth Av and sermons entitled Derash Av. Yudelewitz served as rabbi for two decades in Manchester, England, before moving to Boston and then New York. In 1927, he published Av Bechochma which contained a controversial responsum allowing a messenger to perform Chalitzah for a woman living in Kiev while her deceased husband’s brother lived in New York. This decision aroused the opposition of most of the great rabbis of the era and hounded him until his end. For a biography of Rabbi Yudelewitz by M. Tz. Berger see Yeshurun Vol. II, pp. 686-93.