R. Shemariah Rabinowitz of Kreva

R. Shmaryahu Rabinovitz, in his earliest years, he studied in Vilna under the renowned R. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (Vilna Gaon). After his studies, R. Shmaryahu settled in Kreva where he occupied the town's rabbinate as Av Beit Din for several years. He is considered to have been among of the greatest Lithuanian sages of his generation and had several illustrious pupils, such as R. Samuel Strashun, R. Gershon Amsterdam, R. Zvi Hirsch Katzenellenbogen (Brod) and his son R. Issac Judah Loeb Rabinovitz.