Ester Miriam (daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe)

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Ester Miriam was the daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe who passed away during her father's lifetime, on 4th of Tammuz 5579 (1819). She rests in honor in Lubavitch.

Life History[edit | edit source]

For many years, there was no known record of a daughter by this name of the Mitteler Rebbe, and she was not mentioned in the chain of lineage at the beginning of HaYom Yom.

Discovery of Her Grave[edit | edit source]

In 5750 (1990), during a secret mission from the Rebbe to restore and renovate the burial sites of our Rebbeim, Rabbi Dovid Nachshon and R' Avi Taub found Ester Miriam's gravestone in the Lubavitch cemetery, in the "Women's Ohel." At that time, her gravestone was made of tin and inscribed with:

This is the burial site of the modest woman the distinguished Mrs. Ester Miriam of blessed memory, daughter of the Rabbi, the Gaon Admur DovBer, may he live who passed away to eternal life on Sunday, 4th of the month of Tammuz Year 5579 May her soul be bound in the bond of eternal life

Identity of Her Husband[edit | edit source]

Rabbi Shalom DovBer Levine suggested that Mrs. Ester Miriam's husband was Rabbi Aharon of Kremenchug. Several sources indicate that he was the Mitteler Rebbe's son-in-law, and the inscription on her gravestone reads "the modest and distinguished Mrs. Ester Miriam," which suggests she was already married. She passed away in 5579 (1819). The hypothesis was that she was his second wife, and after she passed away in Tammuz 5579 (1819), he married Mrs. Chaya, daughter of the holy Rabbi of Breslov, between 5579-5582 (1819-1822).

However, it was later proven that Rabbi Aharon of Kremenchug was the second husband of her sister, Rebbetzin Chaya Sarah.

Additionally, from the inscription "modest" being her first title on the gravestone, one can deduce that because she was so modest, she remained unknown.

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