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R. Baruch Yaakov son of R. Yechiel Michal Israelson

Kandava / Kandov

In 5650 (1890) he was already serving here as rabbi,1) and in 5657 (1897) he began to serve as rabbi in Jaunjelgava (Friedrichstadt — Neiru, see there).

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
This appears from Torah novellae he published in 5650 in Knesset HaGedolah, vol. 4, p. 73, where he signs “rabbi of Kandava.” However, R. Avitzinsky in Di Geshikhte fun di Yidn in Letland, p. 169, writes that he was accepted here as rabbi in 5653.