Pilviškiai
Encyclopedia
Pilviškiai is a village in Vilkaviškis district municipality
, in Marijampolė County
, central Lithuania
. In the Jewish world, it was known historically for its learned population http://mishmar.blogspot.com/2006/11/typical-lithuanian-shtetl-by-rav.html, served amongst others by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg
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Vilkaviškis district municipality
Vilkaviškis district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania....
, in Marijampolė County
Marijampole County
Marijampolė County is one of the ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the south of the country in the historical Suvalkija region, and its capital is the town Marijampolė...
, central Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. In the Jewish world, it was known historically for its learned population http://mishmar.blogspot.com/2006/11/typical-lithuanian-shtetl-by-rav.html, served amongst others by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg
Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg
Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg was a noted European Orthodox rabbi, posek and rosh yeshiva. He is best known as author of the work of responsa Seridei Eish....
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External links
- Map, travelingluck.com
- listing on jewishgen.org