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Mentioned in the prenumeranten at the beginning of Derekh Selula (Vilna 5586): “the dayan, our master Efraim Yaakov, son of R. Yisrael.”

He passed away in the cholera epidemic of 5591 (1831).

Di Geshikhte, p. 142.

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