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R. Yechiel Michal son of R. Arye

Aizpute / Hasenpoth

Son-in-law of the aforementioned R. Yosef Shlomo.

He was appointed to the town's rabbinate after the passing of his father-in-law and served there for many years. When he fell ill, he traveled to Libau for medical treatment and passed away there around the year 5595 (1835).

In the responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, section 121, there is printed a reply to a question from him.1)

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
Concerning a man who married a female convert, and after her death married her daughter who had also converted. Also printed in Chut HaMeshulash of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, section 4; see the marginal note of the responsum of the Gaon [R. Akiva Eiger] there, how this responsum came to the Gr“ch [R. Chaim] of Volozhin.