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Born on Rosh Chodesh Adar 5577 (17 February 1817) in the town of Zeikishok, district of Kovna.
His father served as rabbinic decisor in Rumshishok, district of Kovna.
His primary teacher was R. Eliyahu of Ragola, and from him he received the majority of his Torah learning.
As a young married scholar he studied at the Volozhin Yeshiva together with the Netziv.
Son-in-law (by his second marriage) of R. Yehuda Leib HaKohen Karlitz, rabbi of Mikhailishok.
From around the year 5612 (1852) he served in the rabbinate of the town of Ziezmariai for six years, and in the year 5622 (1862) he was accepted as rabbi here and served in the rabbinate until his last day.
He passed away on 18 Kislev 5650 (11 December 1889).1)
Author of the responsa Terumat Yad (Vilna 5635), Shevil HaZahav (Warsaw 5657).
His biography was printed by his son in the introduction to his book Shevil HaZahav (under the title Toldot Mordechai), and in the book HaRav Mordechai Eliashberg: Toldotav, Machshevotav veHalakh Rucho (Jerusalem 5697).2)
Approbations from him: Zikaron Yaakov (Vilna 5635), Yosef Chen (Warsaw 5638), HaMadrich (Pressburg 5662), and Ma'aseh Choshev (New York 5667).
Yahadut Latviya, pp. 249–250. It should be added that he is signed in the registration books of births, deaths, and marriages of the Schimberg community from the beginning of 1884 until the end of 1888.
Latvia and Rabbis