Rav Yehoshua Zeitlein of Shklov

Rav Yehoshua was born in the year 5502/תק''ב in Charson. He was a talmid of the Vilna Gaon and the Shaagas Aryeh, and a great gaon in his own right. Rav Yehoshua was a wealthy individual, and he served as an official minister and a royal adviser to the king. He had many great disciples and talmidim, and he himself supported many Torah giants. He passed away at the age of 80 on 1 Elul .תקפ''ב/5582