Editing Chana Gurary (section)

==== The Library Case ====
In 5745 / 1985, when her son Barry Gurary stole books from the library during the period known as the Library Case, she stood by his side and sued in court to transfer some of the books to him, while her husband, Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, remained loyal to the Rebbe.

On Shabbat Parshat Pinchas, 24 Tammuz 5745 / 1985, she was injured in the face by one of the bochurim who knocked hard on her apartment door, and she opened the door (because she thought it was one of the bochurim who helped her with household chores) and when she discovered it was someone else, she tried to close the door, and he - in an outrageous action that was strongly condemned by the Rebbe - slammed the door in her face, which was injured as a result. An ambulance from Hatzalah Crown Heights branch was called to the scene, as well as Dr. Moshe Feldman, and she was rushed to Cornell Hospital during Shabbat. At the end of the farbrengen that Shabbat, the Rebbe's secretary Rabbi Berel Junik approached the Rebbe and said l'chaim and asked for a blessing for her, and asked how to inform Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, and the Rebbe answered that they should inform him after Havdalah and that a doctor should be present. After being discharged from the hospital, she never returned to her apartment, but spent her last years in her son and daughter-in-law's home in New Jersey. All her possessions, including her personal items and even her personal wardrobe, remained in the apartment on the third floor until the complete end of the Library Case and its aftermath in 5750 / 1990, and then the contents were packed and sent to New Jersey. Subsequently, Chana needed to undergo a dangerous surgery and was in danger. The night before the surgery, her condition improved, and in the morning, when the doctor examined her, he said: "Someone worked here at night..." and determined that she did not need surgery. When the Rebbe heard this, he asked whether the doctor knew who it was that worked at night...[[File:מצבת חנה גורארי'.jpeg|thumb|The headstone of Mrs. Gurary at Floral Park Cemetery, New Jersey]]