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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.

Between 1924-1931, he studied in various branches of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim.

Between 1924-1931, he studied in various branches of [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim]].

After he and his first wife, Sarah, had three children, his wife contracted typhus and passed away from her illness. His daughter Rachel was raised in the home of her grandfather, Rabbi Nachum Shmarya Sassunkin. In his second marriage, he married Mrs. Freida Menia, daughter of Rabbi Ephraim Shmuel Levin from Lipovitz. The couple had a boy and a girl. After R' Asher was caught by the KGB and exiled to Siberia, his wife went shopping and left the children at home. When she returned, she discovered that the children had perished in a fire that broke out due to playing with matches. About a year and a half after his release from prison, they had a child who was named Yosef Yitzchak.

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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.
-Between 1924-1931, he studied in various branches of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim.
+Between 1924-1931, he studied in various branches of [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim]].
 After he and his first wife, Sarah, had three children, his wife contracted typhus and passed away from her illness. His daughter Rachel was raised in the home of her grandfather, Rabbi Nachum Shmarya Sassunkin. In his second marriage, he married Mrs. Freida Menia, daughter of Rabbi Ephraim Shmuel Levin from Lipovitz. The couple had a boy and a girl. After R' Asher was caught by the KGB and exiled to Siberia, his wife went shopping and left the children at home. When she returned, she discovered that the children had perished in a fire that broke out due to playing with matches. About a year and a half after his release from prison, they had a child who was named Yosef Yitzchak.