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R. Aharon Shaul Zeleg Meirov son of R. Meir Shalom HaKohen Gurion

Daugavpils / Dvinsk / Dinabug / Denenborg / Denabarg

His father was a rosh yeshiva in Vilna and rabbi in the cities of Malat, Korelicz, and Ivyanets.

Born approximately in 5573 (1813).

He was rosh yeshiva in Minsk for 22 years, from age 18 to age 401). He served as rabbi from approximately 5613 in Bryansk, and from 5621 in Pruzany (Pruzhin), after which he was called “the Pruzhanер.”

He served as rabbi in Dvinsk for approximately 14 years, from approximately 5625 (1865) until his passing on 5 Shevat 5639 (29 January 1879)2).

He was the rabbi of the Mitnagdim congregation.

Author of the responsa Teshuvot LaShoel (Kovna 5688, Vilna 5689), Magen Shaul, novellae and explanations on the Talmud (Jerusalem 5714).

In the responsa Maharis (Jerusalem 5667), section 28, a letter from him and a power of attorney for delivering a get are printed, and there he writes: “And the solution to this has already been advised in the book of the Tzemach Tzedek of the Rebbe, of blessed memory, regarding the matter of sending a get by post [mail].”

See about him and his books and writings in the introduction to the responsa Zekher Yehuda, there, note 27. Arshet, vol. 5 (Jerusalem 5732), pp. 369–370, in the notes. HaLevanon, 14 Shevat 5639.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
Title page of his book Teshuvot LaShoel.
2)
In several places it is written that he was accepted as rabbi after the passing of R.Y.L. Batlan, but this is not precise, since he was accepted as rabbi only seven years after the passing of R.Y.L. — as R. Yehoshua Mundshein proved in the introduction to the responsa Zekher Yehuda, there, note 26.