Translation of the Lotava chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Dov Levin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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A town in the Utena district, near Anyksciai. In the 19th century, there was a small Jewish settlement there. Rabbi Avraham-Abeli Yaffe, who passed away in 1820, was the Rabbi in Lotava. Kalman-Yitzkhak Kadishevitz, who was born in Lotava in 1875, was known as the Lotover (named after his town). Subsequently, he headed the Rabbinate in Anyksciai. He was murdered during the Holocaust.
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