Gelschtein (Helstein) (née Shperling) Tsila (Tzila) Idelevna (9 July 1946, Riga) – seamstress.

In 1964, Tsila Gelshtein completed Riga Evening School No. 10 for working youth and, in 1965, graduated from Riga Technical Vocational School No. 1.

From 1965 to 1966, she worked as a punched card machine operator at the firm Latvia. After the birth of her son, she worked as a seamstress at the Rīgas Modes factory.

In 1972, Tsila Gelshtein received an invitation to emigrate to Israel from her husband's relatives, including Lev Gelshtein (b. 1947) and Yehoshua Gelschtein (b. 1911), who had emigrated from Latvia in the 1930s.

Family:

Idel Shperling (b. 1921) – father
Khaya Shperling (née Glaze, later Silke) (b. 1918) – mother
Lev Gelschtein (b. 1947) – husband
Ester Shperling (b. 1953) – sister
Bela Shperling (b. 1948) – sister
Zhanna Gelschtein (b. 1966) – daughter
Daniel Gelschtein (b. 1971) – son
Israel Silke (b. 1938) – half-brother
Yehoshua Gelschtein (b. 1911) – husband’s paternal uncle