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R. Yekutiel Zalman son of R. Aharon Tzvi Hirsh HaLevi Levits

Dobele / Dobeln

Born in 5628 (1868), to his father who was rabbi of Linkova.

Son-in-law of R. Arye Leib Lipkin, rabbi in Vekshne and other places, author of Chidushei Aggadot MaHaRa“L (brought to press by this very son-in-law) and more.

In 5663, after the passing of his father-in-law, he filled his place in the rabbinate of Vekshne.

In 5665 he was accepted here as rabbi.

He was later accepted as rabbi and rabbinic decisor in Linkova (Linkauve), district of Šiauliai, where he was its last rabbi, and there he perished in the Holocaust.1)

Author of Zikaron Yekutiel (booklet 1, Kidan 5696).

In the book Hadarat Tzvi, a eulogy he delivered for R. Tzvi Hirsh Nurok, rabbi of Mitau, was printed.

Torah novellae from him were printed in the monthly Sha'arei Tzion.2)

Di Geshikhte fun di Yidn in Letland, p. 99. Ohalei Shem, p. 34. Yahadut Lita, vol. 3, p. 322.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
According to one source, he was murdered on Shabbat Kodesh, 3 Tammuz 5701 (28 June 1941), at the time of the German army's invasion of the city, by Lithuanian nationalists, may their name be blotted out.
2)
In the journal HaMa'ayan, Tishrei 5748, p. 41, note 3, it is written about him that he was rabbi in the city of Dublin, Ireland. This is obviously an error.