R. Yitzchak Yaakov son of R. Shaul Ozer Shablovich
Auce / Alt-Autz
Born in the year 5644 (1884) in Mitau. He studied at the Telshe Yeshiva.
For about ten years he served as rabbi in the town of Salant in Lithuania. He was later accepted as rabbi in Valdmarfils (Sassmacken), where he served until the year 5681 (1921), when he was accepted as rabbi and ritual slaughterer here.
At the end of the year 5683 (1923) he emigrated to the United States and served there as rabbi in Long Branch, New Jersey. In the year 5688 he was accepted as rabbi of the congregation Ahavat Achim in Middle Village, New York.
He participated in the protest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Mohariatz) against the Jewish Agency regarding the free-choice education of the refugee children in the Land of Israel.1)
He passed away on 10 Kislev 5714 (17 November 1953), and his resting place is in the Montefiore Cemetery in New York.
Author of Ne'umei Yitzchak Yaakov on the Torah (part 1, Jerusalem 5728).
The preface of his sons to his book. Di Geshikhte, p. 71. Zikaron BaSefer, p. 272 (where his letter about his economic situation is printed). Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 241 (where it states he was born in 5630). Degel Yisrael monthly, Tevet 5688. Afryon collection, ninth volume, 5688. My thanks to his granddaughter Mrs. Sheila Nashofer for her assistance.
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