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Rabbi Asher Sassunkin (Sasanka), also known as "Asher Batumer", (1908 - 5 Cheshvan 5748) was a Chabad chossid who was arrested and exiled by Soviet authorities for spreading Yiddishkeit. After his release from Russia, when he moved to live in [[the United States]] in his later years, he served as the shamash in the synagogue at 770. | Rabbi '''Asher Sassunkin''' (Sasanka), also known as "Asher Batumer", (1908 - 5 Cheshvan 5748) was a Chabad chossid who was arrested and exiled by Soviet authorities for spreading Yiddishkeit. After his release from Russia, when he moved to live in [[the United States]] in his later years, he served as the shamash in the synagogue at 770. | ||
Rabbi Asher Sassunkin was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in 1908 to his father, the chossid Rabbi Nachum Shmarya Sassunkin and his mother Mrs. Feigel. | Rabbi Asher Sassunkin was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in 1908 to his father, the chossid Rabbi Nachum Shmarya Sassunkin and his mother Mrs. Feigel. | ||
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== Further Reading == | == Further Reading == | ||
* Yosef Ashkenazi, Otzar HaChassidim - The Personalities and Chassidic Teachings of Chabad Mashpi'im in Eretz Hakodesh, published by Chazak, 5772 (2012) | |||
[[Category: Chassidim of The Rebbe]] | [[Category: Chassidim of The Rebbe]] | ||
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