Cēsis / Wenden

Born on 6 Kislev 5674 (5 December 1913) in Pašvitinys, district of Šiauliai in Lithuania. Influenced by R. Yoel Brantzchik. He studied at the Telshe yeshiva.

On 10 Shevat 5696 (5 January 1936) he was accepted as rabbi of Cēsis.

Yahadut Latviya, p. 393 (where his name is written in error as Yaakov). Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 230.

Latvia and Rabbis