hiː wʌz nˈeɪmd ˈæftɚ hɪz pətˈɜːnəl ɡɹˈændfɑːðɚ, dʒˌɛdɐlɪˈɑːhuː, ɐ hˈaɪli ɹᵻspˈɛktᵻd skˈɑːlɚ ænd klˈoʊs hˈæsɪd ʌvðə sˈædɪdʒɚɹɚ ɹˈɛb, ɐ dᵻsˈɛndənt ʌv jˈɪsɹeɪl ʌv ɹˈɪʒɪn.
He was named after his paternal grandfather, Gedalyahu, a highly respected scholar and close Hasid of the Sadigerer Rebbe, a descendant of Yisrael of Rizhin.