The rabbi had complications from a stroke he suffered at the beginning of the year . He was considered the leading authority in religious rulings in the realm of Jewish law . People we lost in 2013 . Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein died on January 26, aged 78 years old and is survived by his wife and three children. His fiery rhetoric about Palestinians has drawn condemnation .
The rabbi had complications from a stroke he suffered at the beginning of the year . He was considered the leading authority in religious rulings in the realm of Jewish law . Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein died on January 26, aged 78 years old and is survived by his wife and three children. His fiery rhetoric about Palestinians has drawn condemnation .