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R. Efraim son of R. Avraham Dov Gabai

Riga

Born in Rēzekne on 30 Nisan 5622 (30 April 1862), to his father who was rabbi of Varkljani.

Son-in-law of R. Eliyahu Israelit, ritual slaughterer in Lucin.1)

He served in the rabbinate for several years in the city of Balbirishok (Balbireshak), district of Kovna, and afterward as rabbi and rabbinic decisor in Riga. For many years he served as rabbi of the Beit Midrash known as the Lewitan Minyan on Suvorov Street 112.2)

He perished in the Holocaust.

Ohalei Shem, p. 54. Yahadut Latviya, p. 377. Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 228. Prenumeranten at the end of the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim with Ta'am Megadim and Likutei Megadim, vol. 2.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
Yidishe Shtet, Shtetlekh un Dorfishe Yishuvim, p. 36, writes that he was the son-in-law of R. Avraham Dov, rabbi of Antalept, which is an error — see Ohalei Shem, p. 54, where it states his brother-in-law was R. Reuven, rabbi of Antalept, and the author confused his brother-in-law with his father.
2)
Today — Krišjāņa Barona Street.