R. Chaim son of R. Baruch Lubotski
Rēzekne / Rezhitsa
Born in 56401) (1880) in Kovna.
He was ordained for halakhic rulings by R. Shlomo HaKohen of Vilna and R. Chaim Yehuda Sasnitzer of Smorgon.
From 5665 he served as rabbi in Kovilnik, district of Vilna, and from 5673 (1913) served as rabbi here.
He perished in the Holocaust with the members of his community in the month of Menachem Av 5701 (end of July 1941).
Author of the books Tosefot Chaim on the Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer (vol. 1, Vilna 5672; vol. 2, Riga 5689).
In the responsa Teshuvah Shlemah, vol. 2, Even HaEzer (sections 12, 13, 27), responsa to him were printed.
His letter about his situation after the First World War and his request for help with printing his book was printed in Zikaron BaSefer (pp. 270 ff.).
Ohalei Shem, p. 160. Pinkas HaKehillot, pp. 235 and 241. His book Tosefot Chaim, vol. 1, in the “few words” at the beginning.
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