Skaistkalne / Schimberg

Born in 5658 (1898). His origin is from the town of Rakshik in Lithuania. He studied at the Beit Yosef Novhardok yeshiva in Homel.

Son-in-law of R. Tzvi Hirsh Valin, rabbi of Kuldīga (Goldingen).

He was accepted as rabbi here in 5694 (1934).

He perished in the Holocaust in Riga.

Yahadut Latviya, p. 280 (where his father's name is written as Ze'ev). Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 242. Amesh Shoah (Memorial Book for the community of Breslov in White Russia), pp. 66–67.

Latvia and Rabbis