R. Yaakov son of R. Asher HaKohen Rabinowitz
Krustpils / Kreutzburg
His father was rabbi of Krenik.
Son-in-law of R. Natan Shater of Yanova.1)
He passed away in 5589 (1829).
Father of the holy Tzaddik R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin.
The responsum in Gedulat Mordechai of R. Mordechai Rabiner, section 4, was addressed to him, and there (sections 6–8, 18–19) he engages in halakhic exchange with him.
Toldot HaKohen, p. 13. Pardes Rimonim on tractate Shabbat, biography of the author, note 5.
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