Gavartin (Gawarin) Itzhok

Itzhok Gavarin was born on 14 September 1908 in Livenhof (now Līvāni). He studied at the Līvāni Jewish Municipal Primary School and, from 1921 to 1927, attended the Riga Yeshiva. In 1934, he graduated from the Radun Yeshiva in Lida County, Vilna Governorate (Belarus). He was ordained by Rabbi I. Rozin of Daugavpils and Rabbi I. M. Kilov of Riga.

Appointed rabbi of Krustpils on 5 May 1935.