Spivak Khaim Shmaryonovich (1895-1941)
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| Surname | Spivak |
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| Name | Khaim |
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| Patronym | Shmaryonovich |
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| Birth year | 1895 |
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| Birth place | Chekhanovichi |
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| Death year | 1941 |
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| Sex | M |
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Spivak (Spiwak) Khaim (Chaim) Shmaryonovich (1895, Chekhanovichi, Poland — 1941) — teacher.
Khaim Spivak completed the full course at the Riga Jewish Seminary, as certified by the Riga rabbi M. Zak. From 1920, he began teaching in Riga. In 1932, he studied in Kaunas at the rabbinical school Kneses Israel.
He taught religious studies, Talmudic literature, Hebrew, and Jewish history. He also attended state teacher-training courses. Until 1940, he worked at the Riga Jewish private school Torah ve-Derech Eretz.
In 1941, he was killed in the Central Riga Prison.
Archival source: Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond 1632, Inventory 1, File 19741.