R. Moshe Yehoshua son of R. David Leibowitz
Talsi
At first he served as rabbi in Yaeluk, Lithuania, and from approximately 5617 he served as rabbi of Talsi for 34 years.
He passed away on holy Shabbat, 4 Menachem Av 5651 (8 August 1891), and was brought to rest here.
He appears in the list of approvers of the book HaMadrich (Pressburg 5662).
Toldot Yeshivat HaYehudim BeCourland, p. 91. Newspaper HaMelitz, 23 Menachem Av 5651. In the prenumeranten for Me'il Shmuel, vol. 2 (Vilna 5657) his name is mistakenly written as Asher Yehoshua.
Latvia and Rabbis