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R. Tzvi Hirsh son of R. Naftali Hertz Ma Yafit

Līvāni / Livenhof

Born in 5600 (1840) in Preiļi, to his father who was the city's rabbi.

In 5617 (1857), at age 17, he was accepted as rabbi here.

Afterward he served as rabbi in Eishyshok.

After the fire there in 5655, he was appointed rabbi in Vilkoviski, district of Suvalki.1) He served there in the rabbinate until the First World War, when he wandered to the city of Lipetsk (Lyepetsk), district of Tambov, Russia, where he passed away in 5679 (1919).

He also served as rabbi of Kreutzburg.

A responsum to him was printed in the responsa Ayala Shlucha, section 17.

Approbations from him: Sha'arei Tzion (Łódź 5664), Mi Noach (Warsaw 5669), Beit Yitzchak (Vilna 5671), Chayyei Yisrael (Riga 5671), Shem HaGedolim HaShlishi (Vilna 5670), Sha'arei Ratzon, vol. 1 (New York 5691, by R.M.M. Rizikov, reprinted in several of his books).

A letter from him was printed in Machzikei HaDat (Piotrków 5663).

Toldot Yeshivat HaYehudim BeCourland, p. 156 in the note. Di Geshikhte fun di Yidn in Letland, p. 130. Sefer Zikaron LeHaRav R. Yehuda Leib Graubart, p. 70. Yahadut Lita, vol. 3, p. 66. Yidishe Shtet, p. 98.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
In his letter from 11 Menachem Av 5655, published in the newspaper HaTzfirah (17 Menachem Av 5655) on the matter of aid for the fire victims of Eishyshok, he signs “the Av Beit Din of Vilkaviski.”