BDE: Mrs. Rivka Shubov, 89, OBM

With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rivka Shubov OBM, a long time Crown Heights resident who had great mesiras nefesh for yiddishkeit in Communist Russia. She passed away on Thursday night, the 4th of Sivan, 5782.

She was 89 years old.

Rivka was born in Ukraine to Reb Shmuel and Ettil Gitlin and spent the war years in Samarkand.

After her marriage to R’ Moshe Shubov she moved to Moscow and had great messiras nefesh for yiddishkeit raising a frum family despite the dangers.

When they were able to leave the Soviet Union, they immigrated to Israel and later settled in Crown Heights.

She was zoche to raise children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren in the ways of Torah and Chassidus

She is survived by her children Bentzion Shubov (Crown Heights), Mendel Shubov (Toronto, Canada), Rochel Chaiton (Las Vegas, NV), and Esther Krinsky (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take place today Friday, at Shomrei Hadas in Boro Park at 10:00am and passing by 770 at 11:00am.

Shiva information to be announced.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes