Rav Dovid HaKohen Katz Bistritz zt"l
הרב דוד בן קלונימוס קלמן כץ ביסטריץ זצ"ל
Tammuz 6 , 5622
Known As: Beis Dovid, Av Beis Din of Micheldorf
Father's Name: Klonimus Kalman Katz Bistritz
Rav Dovid HaKohen Katz Bistritz zt"l
He was a disciple of Rav Moshe, the Chasam Sofer of Pressburg. When Rav Shimon Mendel of Seminitz came looking for a chassan and he asked the Chasam Sofer to suggest a good bachur, who was great in Torah for his daughter Chanah, the Chasam Sofer sent Rav Dovid Cohen.
At a young age he was already sufficiently learned that he was appointed as Rav of Seminitz and afterwards as Av Bais Din of Micheldorf and afterwards of Mad. However before he arrived in Mad he passed away on 6 Tammuz.
His son Rav Kalonymous Kalman Kahn published his father's two volume Bais Dovid Volume 1 and Volume 2. Rav Dovid Cohen was a renowned Torah scholar who would often study all night long while standing until dawn, when he would rest up a few hours before Shacharis.

