Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson: Difference between revisions
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Throughout her husband's decades of rabbinical service and public activity, she stood by his side, and even when he was arrested and exiled by the Communist regime, she followed him to his place of exile. After World War II, she left Russia and arrived in Pöking, Germany, from there she wandered to Paris. The Rebbe came to Paris and brought her to New York, where she lived in Crown Heights from then on. | Throughout her husband's decades of rabbinical service and public activity, she stood by his side, and even when he was arrested and exiled by the Communist regime, she followed him to his place of exile. After World War II, she left Russia and arrived in Pöking, Germany, from there she wandered to Paris. The Rebbe came to Paris and brought her to New York, where she lived in Crown Heights from then on. | ||
== Life History == | |||
Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson was born on 28 Tevet 5640 in the Romanovka settlement in Ukraine, to her father Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, who later became the rabbi of Nikolayev, and her mother Rebbetzin Rachel. | Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson was born on 28 Tevet 5640 in the Romanovka settlement in Ukraine, to her father Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, who later became the rabbi of Nikolayev, and her mother Rebbetzin Rachel. | ||
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Rebbetzin Chana was blessed with exceptional musical talent, which she inherited from her father Rabbi Meir Shlomo, who also composed several Chabad niggunim of spiritual devotion. | Rebbetzin Chana was blessed with exceptional musical talent, which she inherited from her father Rabbi Meir Shlomo, who also composed several Chabad niggunim of spiritual devotion. | ||
== Marriage == | |||
At age twenty, Rebbetzin Chana married Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. The Rebbe Rashab suggested the match. The wedding was set for Thursday after Shavuot, but due to the bride's illness, her father wanted to postpone the wedding. The bride's father, Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, sent a special messenger to the Rebbe Rashab to get his consent to postpone the wedding, but the Rebbe instructed to hold the wedding as scheduled and gave his blessing. The wedding took place on Friday, 11 Sivan 5660 (June 8, 1900). | At age twenty, Rebbetzin Chana married Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. The Rebbe Rashab suggested the match. The wedding was set for Thursday after Shavuot, but due to the bride's illness, her father wanted to postpone the wedding. The bride's father, Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, sent a special messenger to the Rebbe Rashab to get his consent to postpone the wedding, but the Rebbe instructed to hold the wedding as scheduled and gave his blessing. The wedding took place on Friday, 11 Sivan 5660 (June 8, 1900). | ||
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The Rabbi and Rebbetzin had three sons: the Rebbe, DovBer, and Yisrael Aryeh Leib. | The Rabbi and Rebbetzin had three sons: the Rebbe, DovBer, and Yisrael Aryeh Leib. | ||
== Rebbetzin of Dnepropetrovsk == | |||
The couple lived in Nikolayev until 5667 (1907), when Rabbi Levi Yitzchak received an offer to serve as rabbi in Yekaterinoslav (today Dnepropetrovsk), which was the central city for Jewish affairs in Ukraine (which was at that time a province in the Soviet Union). | The couple lived in Nikolayev until 5667 (1907), when Rabbi Levi Yitzchak received an offer to serve as rabbi in Yekaterinoslav (today Dnepropetrovsk), which was the central city for Jewish affairs in Ukraine (which was at that time a province in the Soviet Union). | ||