In a letter of protest from the eve of Rosh Chodesh Marcheshvan 5668 (printed in Ein Tena'i BeNisuin, Vilna 5690, p. 23) he still signs as rabbi of Preil, and in his approbation for the book Chazon Ash (for R. Chaim Ze'ev Charash) from 5672 (and also in a public statement he signed that year, printed in the quarterly Or HaMizrach, booklets 34–35, p. 19) he already signs as rabbi in Plan Chadash in Dvinsk.