R. Ben Tzion son of R. Yosef Ashkenazi

Daugavpils / Dvinsk / Dinabug / Denenborg / Denabarg / Dayyanim, Rabbinic Decisors, and Synagogue Rabbis

His father was rosh yeshiva in Jakobstadt and rabbi in Novo-Aleksandrovsk1), author of the book Ohel Yosef.

He served as rabbi and rabbinic decisor in Plan Chadash (Yashn [Old]) for more than 25 years.

He passed away in 5666 (1906).

In the responsa Ayala Shlucha of R. Naftali Hertz Klatzkin, section 27, he is signed as a member of the court for the taking of a deposition.

Di Geshikhte, p. 122. Nachalat Avot, p. 50.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
Mentioned in the responsa Tzemach Tzedek, as noted in the indices, p. 165.