Chaya Mushka Schneersohn
DiedDecember 9, 1860 O.S. (Tevet 8, 5621; December 21, 1860 N.S.)[1]
Lyubavichi
Spouse(s)Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad Rebbe, married in 1803 (5563)[2]
ChildrenBaruch Shalom
Yehudah Leib of Kopys
Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Yisroel Noach of Nizhyn
Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch
Yaacov
Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch
Rada Freida
Devorah Leah
Parent

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn was the daughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement, and the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn the third Rebbe.[3]

Chaya Mushka Schneerson died on December 9, 1860, O.S. (Tevet 8, 5621; December 21, 1860, N.S.), and was buried in the town of Lubavitch near her grandmother Rebbetzin Sterna and her mother Rebbetzin Sheina.[4]

History

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn married the third Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. She is known in the Chabad community as "Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka." Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka was an advocate for Agunot, women who are bound to their marriages by Jewish law whether through the husband's disappearance or refusal to comply with divorce proceedings.[5]

Chaya Mushka held the personal custom of reciting the Slichot prayers during the week between Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hayom Yom, A12. "5621 (1861 [sic]): [The Tzemach Tzedek is w]idowed on the eighth of Tevet."
  2. ^ Hayom Yom, p. A8. "5563 (1803): His [the Tzemach Tzedek's] marriage.
  3. ^ Schneerson, Menachem M. Hayom Yom... Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. (Hebrew edition). (1967): p. 6.
  4. ^ Kaminetzky, Yosef Y. Days in Chabad Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Kehot Publication Society. 2002. pp. 95-96
  5. ^ Lesches, E. "The Plight Of The Aguna." Beis Moshiach Magazine. Accessed April 19, 2014.
  6. ^ Schneerson, Menachem Mendel. "Letter No. 302: The recitation of Selichos during the Ten Days of Repentance." Chabad.org. Accessed April 19, 2014.
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