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R. Tzvi Hirsh son of R. Avraham Moshe Ralba

Sabile / Shavlan

Born in 5587 (1827). A student of R. Eliezer Yitzchak of Volozhin, and was ordained by him for halakhic rulings.

Son-in-law of R. Chaim Liebshitz, rabbi of Sardnik.

He filled the place of his brother-in-law, the aforementioned R. Dov Ber Ze'ev Liebshitz,1) until his passing on Shabbat HaGadol, the eve of Passover, 5659 (25 March 1899).

Di Geshikhte, p. 187 (and the error written there that he passed away on Passover 5660). Dor Rabbanov veSoferav, vol. 4, p. 35. Newspaper HaMelitz, 28 Iyyar 5659. HaTzfirah, 23 Iyyar 5659.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
R. Avitzinsky writes in Di Geshikhte that he served as rabbi from approximately 5624. But in the newspapers HaMelitz and HaTzfirah it is written that he served here as rabbi for 43 years, meaning he was accepted as rabbi around 5616, while his brother-in-law was still serving here as rabbi. Moreover, he was accepted as a member of the Chevra Kadisha here on Chol HaMoed Pesach 5617. In the marriage registration book of this community he appears as officiant of kiddushin from the month of Iyyar 5619 (May 1859) onward.