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historic! A very long response on the matter of an Aguna in the handwriting ofThe Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yoffe and his son-in-lawR. Tzvi Hirsch Ha’Cohen Volk - almost 40 pages! - historic! A very long response on the matter of an Aguna in the handwriting ofThe Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yoffe and his son-in-lawR. Tzvi Hirsch Ha’Cohen Volk - almost 40 pages! The Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yoffe Rabinowitz (1820-1891) Av Beis Din of Rozhinai. One of the greatest rabbis of Lithuania in his generation. A disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin author of Nefesh HaChaim. Acted for Shivas Zion and even had close ties with Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (a disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the initiator of the polemic regarding sacrifices at this time) and Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever. At the end of his days, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Ekron. R. Tzvi Hirsch Ha’Cohen Volk (1856-1906), was a Talmid of the Beis HaLevy in Slutzk and was renowned as a tremendous Talmid Chochom. He was the son in law R. Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe. He served in as Rov in various communities, including Plotzk. In 1895 he succeeded R. Eliezer Moshe Horowitz as Rav of Pinsk, where he served until his passing at the young age of 51. Author of Kesser Kehunah on the Sifri, and on Shulchon Oruch.