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Article: Auerbach, renowned authority on Jewish law, dies at age 84
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- February 21, 1995
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Naomi Segal
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
02-21-1995
Auerbach, renowned authority on Jewish law, dies at age 84.
Some 300,000 Orthodox Jews came out on Monday to mourn Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish law.
Auerbach, who for nearly half a century headed the Kol Torah Yeshiva in the Bayit Vegan section of Jerusalem, died at 84 of pneumonia in Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Hospital late Sunday night.
The funeral procession made its way from Auerbach's home in the Shaare Chesed neighborhood to the Har Hamenuchot cemetery, causing traffic jams throughout the capital.
Auerbach was born in Jerusalem 1911 to a prestigious family. His father headed a yeshiva.
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