Background
He was born in 1863 in the city of Liepāja (Libau) in Courland, Latvia.
He was born in 1863 in the city of Liepāja (Libau) in Courland, Latvia.
In 1874, at the age of eleven, Reuven Dov became a student at the Talmud Torah, and he remained a student there as a student of Ziv for many years. While continuing to study at the Talmud Torah, Reuven Dov also took a position in the timber industry. Hene Freidel died in 1895.
Reuven Dov later re-married to Frume Rochel Rabinowitz, the daughter of Rabbi Ya"akov Rabinowitz of Telsiai.
Frume Rochel died in a terrible domestic accident in December, 1922. In 1918, Reuven Dov became the director of the Kelm Talmud Torah, a position he held until 1931.
Reuven Dov died in 1935.
