BDE: Rebbetzin Shaina Schneerson, 91, OBM

With great sadness we report the passing of Rebbetzin Shaina (nee Chitrik) Schneerson OBM, a survivor of the Stalinist regime and mother of a prominent Lubavitch family. She passed away on Friday, the 14th of Iyar, 5783.

She was 91 years old.

Shaindel (Sonia) Chitrik Schneerson was born on Beis Iyar 5692 in Kharkivs’ka oblast, Ukraine, to Harav Hachossid Yehuda Chitrik and Keila (Tumarkin) Chitrik, daughter of the Gaon, Rabbi Aharon Tumarkin, the chief Rabbi of Charkov. She and her family escaped Stalin’s regime and first moved to Montreal, Canada, before eventually settling in Brooklyn, New York.

Shaindel married R’ Sholom Ber Schneerson A”H, the son of Rabbi Schneur Zalman Schneerson and great-grandson of Rabbi Baruch Sholom Schneerson, the eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek, third Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Shaindel Schneerson was the beloved Rebbetzin of Congregation Beth Schnay-Or synagogue in Flatbush, New York.

She passed away on Yud Daled Iyar, which marks Pesach Sheini and the 29th day of the Omer, Chessed sheb’Hod.

She is survived by her sons, Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson (Los Angeles, CA), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Crown Heights), and Chaya Herzog (Crown Heights), as well as her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Levaya information to be announced.

Shiva information to be announced.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes