R. Yisrael son of R. Moshe Litvin
Piltene
Born in 5627 (1867)1) in the city of Slonim. He studied at yeshivas in Slonim, Volozhin, and Eishyshok. He was ordained for halakhic rulings by the Netziv of Volozhin, R. Shlomo HaKohen of Vilna, and R. Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz, rabbi of Kuldīga (his wife's grandfather).
Son-in-law of R. Chaim Meir HaLevi Green, rabbi of Grobiņa.
He was accepted here as rabbi in 5651 and served until Sivan 5675 (1891–1915), when the Jews of the city were expelled during the First World War.
After the war he settled in Riga and engaged in commerce.
He perished in the Holocaust in Riga.
Author of the book Kol Avot (commentary on tractate Avot, Riga 5697). A letter from him was printed in Zikaron BaSefer (p. 60).
Di Geshikhte, p. 184. Ohalei Shem, p. 151. Yahadut Latviya, p. 397.
Latvia and Rabbis