Aknīste

Born on 2 Tishrei 5643 (15 September 1882). He studied at the Telshe Yeshiva and was ordained there for halakhic rulings.

He served as rabbi in Šiauliai, Lithuania, from the year 5677 (1917), and in the rabbinate here from 15 Sivan 5691 (31 May 1931).

In the archive records from 1939, he still appears as rabbi here.

Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 241.

Latvia and Rabbis