Khait (Heit) Sofia Shayevna (1935, Riga) — technician.

Sofia Khait was the daughter of Shaya Khait (1896, Viļāni — 1942) and Esther Khait (1900, Viļāni — 1962, Riga).

In 1941 she was evacuated to the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1945 she returned to Riga.

In 1955 she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 9.

In 1956 she worked as a bookbinder in the experimental furniture laboratory of the PKK “Latpromsovet” and later as a secretary and technician at PKK “Latmestpromproekt.”

From 1969 she worked as a secretary-typist at the Railway Hospital of the Baltic Railway.

In 1971 Sofia Khait received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation from her uncle, Itskhak Khait (1904, Viļāni), who had emigrated from Latvia to Palestine in 1934.

Family:

Shaya Khait (1896, Viļāni — 1942) — father
Esther Khait (1900, Viļāni — 1962, Riga) — mother
Zalman Khait (1921, Riga) — brother
Basheva Elistratova (née Khait) (1923, Riga) — sister
Feyga Ivanchenko (née Khait) (1925, Riga) — sister
Yuta Perlman (1928, Riga) — sister
Itskhak Khait (1904, Viļāni) — uncle