Ventspils / Windau
Born in approximately 5591 (1831).
A student of his uncle R. Eliyahu of Ragola and Kalisz.
He served as rosh yeshiva at the Slobodka yeshiva. He served as rabbi here in Ventspils for three years until he was compelled by the authorities to leave the city. Afterward he served as rabbi in Syad (Shad) and the region,1) and in his old age as rabbi of Popilan, district of Šiauliai.
He passed away in Liepāja on 26 Tammuz 5651 (1 August 1891) and was brought to rest there.
Torah novellae from him were printed in the books of his son (R. Dov Menachem, rabbi of Zambrów) — Minchot Menachem and Divrei Menachem.
Toldot Eliyahu (Frumkin, 5697 edition), pp. 6 and 27 (but an error is what is stated there that he passed away in Popilan). Death registration book of the Liepāja community, 1891, and more.
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