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R. Moshe David son of R. Eliezer Yaakov HaKohen Grodski

Daugavpils / Dvinsk / Dinabug / Denenborg / Denabarg / Dayyanim, Rabbinic Decisors, and Synagogue Rabbis

His nickname was “der Ragover.” He served as rabbi in Preil, and then as rabbi in Magash Chadash (Plan Chadash) in Dvinsk.1)

He passed away on 6 Tammuz 5687 (6 July 1927).

A dear friend of the Gaon R. Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk, and they were buried side by side.

The inscription on his tombstone — Yahadut Latviya, p. 3802).

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
In his approbation on the book Chazon Ash (for R. Chaim Ze'ev Charash) from 5672, he already signs as rabbi in Plan Chadash Dvinsk, and likewise in his approbation on Ma'arekhet HaTalmud veHaPoskim.
2)
This tombstone is not the original; it was made after the transfer of his grave (together with the graves of the other rabbis) in the 1970s, and the inscription differs from the original. His photo from the website https://isheiisrael.wordpress.com.