Bauska
Born in the year 5622 (1862) in Raseiniai,1) to his father who served as rabbi in Plungyan, Suvalki, and Lublin; author of the book Beit Hillel.
In the year 5647 he was accepted as rabbi in the town of Jurburg, near Kovna, where he served until he moved to Bauska.
He served here as rabbi and also as official government rabbi in the years 5650–5655 (1890–1895),2) then he moved to serve in the rabbinate in Polotsk.
In the year 5666 he was accepted as rabbi of Kalisz. He served as president of the Rabbinical Association in Poland.
He passed away in Kalisz on 13 Adar II 5692 (21 March 1932), and there is his resting place.
Author of the books HaMidrash VeHaMa'aseh on halakha and aggadah. His glosses were printed in his father's book Beit Hillel, and Torah novellae from him were printed in various Torah collections.
He signed a “public proclamation” for aid in obtaining matzot for Jews in Russia from the winter of 5689, together with the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Mohariatz), and the Geonim the Chofetz Chaim, R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, R. Menachem Mendel Zak, rabbi of Riga, and R. Avraham Dov Kahana Shapira, rabbi of Kovna.3)
Approbations from him: Sha'ar Shimon (Vilna 5662), Masa Binyamin (Warsaw 5668), Mar'eh Kohen (London 5688), Pe'ulat Tzaddik (Piotrków 5689), Kehilat Mordechai (Piotrków 5693), Turei Zahav (no date indicated, the approbation from the year 5686), and more.
Ohalei Shem, p. 165. LeKorot Ir Rasein VeRabbaneha, p. 32. See also Toldot Yehudei Kalisz (Tel Aviv 5721), p. 193 ff., where his rabbinical letter of appointment from this community and his will are printed.
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