R. Shlomo Zalman son of R. Hillel Papirin
Krāslava / Kreislavke
Son-in-law of the Hasid R. Shlomo Freides of Shklov.
Rabbi in Vyelizh, Liepli, and finally here in Krāslava.1)
He was very closely attached to the Lubavitcher Rebbe the Tzemach Tzedek and afterward to his son the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Mahary“l of Kapust), who was also his brother-in-law.
He passed away in 5632 (1872) and his resting place is here in Krāslava.
An approbation from him was printed in Likutei Torah (Zhitomir 5608).
He is signed on a deposition taken in Denenborg (Dvinsk) from 9 Iyyar, year [chronogram], as “rabbinic decisor and dayan of the holy congregation of Krāslava, currently residing here in Denenborg” (Yagdil Torah (N.Y.), booklet 43, p. 364).
His objections to a responsum of the holy R. Mahary”l of Yanovitch, brother of the Alter Rebbe, were printed in Yagdil Torah (N.Y.), booklet 48, sections 72–73 (pp. 273 ff.).
Beit Rebbi, vol. 3, pp. 40 ff. Indices to the responsa Tzemach Tzedek, p. 169, and noted there. Igrot Kodesh of the Tzemach Tzedek (edition of 5773), p. 223.
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