patroler, Administrators
2,642
edits
Menachem Mendel Hornstein: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
On May 15, 1932, the tenaim (engagement) of Reb Menachem Mendel to Rebbetzin Sheina took place. | On May 15, 1932, the tenaim (engagement) of Reb Menachem Mendel to Rebbetzin Sheina took place. | ||
On the day of the tenaim, the Frierdiker Rebbe delivered a maamar beginning with "Shir Hamaalos L'Dovid Hinei Ma Tov Uma Naim." | On the day of the tenaim, [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] delivered a maamar beginning with "Shir Hamaalos L'Dovid Hinei Ma Tov Uma Naim." | ||
The wedding took place on June 9, 1932 in Landwarow, Poland. From a letter by the Frierdiker Rebbe, the wedding location was specifically chosen due to border and documentation restrictions at the time. During one of the Sheva Brochos meals, Reb Chaim Ozer Grodzinski danced with the Frierdiker Rebbe for some time. | The wedding took place on June 9, 1932 in Landwarow, Poland. From a letter by the Frierdiker Rebbe, the wedding location was specifically chosen due to border and documentation restrictions at the time. During one of the Sheva Brochos meals, Reb Chaim Ozer Grodzinski danced with the Frierdiker Rebbe for some time. | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
The Rebbe left a detailed account describing the wedding, customs, etc. | The Rebbe left a detailed account describing the wedding, customs, etc. | ||
In winter 1933, the couple moved to Paris where he studied at university together with the Rebbe for four years. | In winter 1933, the couple moved to Paris where he studied at university together with [[the Rebbe]] for four years. | ||
The couple had no children but adopted his nephew, Yekusiel Yaakov Yosef Lis (perished in the Holocaust), son of Reb Kalman and Sarah Lis (Sarah was Reb Menachem Mendel's sister; she and her husband passed away at a young age). | The couple had no children but adopted his nephew, Yekusiel Yaakov Yosef Lis (perished in the Holocaust), son of Reb Kalman and Sarah Lis (Sarah was Reb Menachem Mendel's sister; she and her husband passed away at a young age). | ||
They later returned to his parents in Otwock, Poland. When the war began, his father Reb Moshe Hornstein was ill and bedridden. Reb Menachem Mendel had the opportunity to leave Poland at the start of the war but didn't want to leave his sick father alone. He stayed by his bedside until his passing on March 27, 1941. After his father's passing, it was too late to leave as the borders were closed. | They later returned to his parents in Otwock, Poland. When the [[World War II|war]] began, his father Reb Moshe Hornstein was ill and bedridden. Reb Menachem Mendel had the opportunity to leave Poland at the start of the war but didn't want to leave his sick father alone. He stayed by his bedside until his passing on March 27, 1941. After his father's passing, it was too late to leave as the borders were closed. | ||
== Death == | == Death == | ||