R. Yom Tov Lipman son of R. Ben Tzion Weinberg
Riga
Born in the town of Pilten in approximately 5613 (1853). His mother was the daughter of R. Mordechai Lichtenstein, rabbi of Tukums. He studied under his uncle R. Eliezer Lipman Lichtenstein, rabbi of Tukums, and under R. Yehoshua Leib Diskin when he was rabbi of Shklov.
In 5648 (1888), at approximately age 35, he was accepted as rabbi and rabbinic decisor in the Mitau suburb of Riga (Mitauer Forshtat),1) and served here in the rabbinate until his passing on 23 Adar I 5673 (2 March 1913).
Hadarat Tzvi, p. 18.
Latvia and Rabbis