BROOKLYN, NY — Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, led an intensely private life. Even as thousands of Lubavitch women emissaries gather in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a conference held every year around the anniversary of her passing, many of them know little of the wife of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
Two Decades Later, Details Emerge About the Rebbetzin
BROOKLYN, NY — Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, led an intensely private life. Even as thousands of Lubavitch women emissaries gather in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a conference held every year around the anniversary of her passing, many of them know little of the wife of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
“Very few people knew about the relationship that I had with the Rebbetzin,” said Londoner Louise Hager, who knew the Rebbetzin since the 1960s and spoke to her by phone at least once a week. “I think that was one of the strengths of the relationship. It was totally private.”
Although bits and pieces of details of the Rebbetzin’s personal friendships have leaked out through the years, the consensus is that it was her will to remain out of the limelight. For many, it was not until her funeral in 1988 that they realized the tremendous bond that she and the Rebbe shared and the extraordinary sacrifices she willingly made to facilitate the Rebbe’s devotion to the Jewish People.
Back then, thousands of people who came to witness her cortege down Eastern Parkway shed tears as they watched the Rebbe’s raw emotions in somberly escorting the body of his wife. In the days that followed, the Rebbe at times choked up in tears as he said the Kaddish, the traditional mourner’s prayer, in her memory, and during a public talk he gave on her legacy.
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there are no photo credits for this picture. who took it?
boruch hoffinger
B“H
Perhaps it’s not important but I heard that the Rebbetzin, A”H, had 7 or 8 doctorates and the Rebbe, MH”M, had one less.
She supposedly worked at the main branch public library in Manhattan in research.
Zeeskeit
No, she didn’t work at the library. Maybe she USED the library for research. I know because I heard it from Mrs. Groner.
Hendel
maybe we are talking about two different Rebbes and two different Rebbetzins.
Mine is the Lubavitch Rebbe, Ziya.