Jaunjelgava / Friedrichstadt / Neiru

A native of Tukums.

After serving as rabbi of Kandava, he was accepted in 5657 (1897) as rabbi here.

He passed away in his youth in 5658 (1898).

In the newspaper HaMelitz (9 Adar 5658), a report appears that he participated in a Siyum HaShas celebration at a Hasidic minyan here.

A responsum to him appears in the responsa Beit Yitzchak, vol. 1, section 6.

Torah novellae from him were printed in Knesset HaGedolah, HaPisgah, the collections Knesset Chakhmei Yisrael, and the collections Torah MiTzion.

Di Geshikhte, p. 169. Igeret HaChaim of the Gaon R. Chaim of Volozhin (new edition, no date).

Latvia and Rabbis