Dr. R. Aharon Dov Ber son of R. Tzvi Hirsh Nurok
Liepāja / Libau / Libava / Government-Appointed Rabbis
Born on 23 Tishrei 5636 (22 October 1875) in Tukums, to his father, rabbi of Mitau. Grandson of R. Eliezer Lipman Lichtenstein, rabbi of Tukums.
He studied at the Telshe yeshiva, at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin, and at the University of Berlin. He served from 56671) as government rabbi here.
After the First World War he also served for a time in independent Latvia as a member of the Latvian Sejm (parliament).
He also served as head of the local community.2)
He published tractate Kiddushin with the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah, with glosses and introduction (Berlin 5662).
He passed away here on 13 Iyyar 5701 (10 May 1941).
Di Geshikhte, p. 130. Yahadut Latviya, pp. 119 and 241. Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 235.
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