Ovchinsky Samuil (1909)

Ovchinsky (Owtschinsky) Samuil (25 October 1909, Alt-Aute – ?) – rabbi.

In 1917, Samuil Ovchinsky graduated from the cheder in Vitebsk, in 1926 – from the Jelgava City Jewish Primary School, and in 1930 In 1922–28, he attended Talmud Torah in Jelgava, in 1930–31 he studied at teacher training courses, and in 1931 he enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia. He was ordained at the Daugavpils yeshiva ‘Beit Yosef’ on 18 February 1938. He was a rabbi in Dobele from 9 August 1938.